OUR MAIN IMAGE: Aristotle with a bust of Homer by Rembrandt, 1653. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.
By Evaggelos Vallianatos
Prologue
I have a deep respect and affection for Homer. I do indeed think of him as the teacher of...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
OUR MAIN PHOTO: The Dave Brubeck Quartet
How an unusual five-beat rhythm, a drummer’s ingenuity, and Paul Desmond’s unforgettable melody created one of the most beloved recordings in jazz history.
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16/04/2026 | 13:00
Italy’s Constitutional Court has vindicated martyred Distomo, rekindling hopes for the final justice of the relatives of the victims of Nazi brutality.
On April 10, Good Friday, Italy’s highest court issued a decision of particular historical...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Natalia Kapodistria stands as the last known descendant of Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Governor of independent Greece and one of the most influential figures in the nation’s modern history. As a member of a family...
The Greeks rejoiced, and the world was stunned
By Evaggelos Vallianatos
Prologue
When World War II engulfed Greece, no one expected the Greeks to imitate their ancient ancestors. But they did. Italy, one of Europe’s “great powers,” attacked little Greece on October...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick stamatakis). Few songs in Greek music carry the timeless aura and simplicity of Fragosyriani (Φραγκοσυριανή), composed by Markos Vamvakaris in 1935. Often called the "patriarch of rebetiko," Vamvakaris drew inspiration directly from his native island of Syros....
PHOTO: Red Army troops at the Brandenburg Gate, 1945.
THE ANSWER IS FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST 300 YEARS!
EDITOR'S NOTE: I know many in the West are allergic to verified historical knowledge and therefore they keep making the same mistakes...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). This is a story all too familiar to us Greeks since the mythical times of Odysseus. A Greek man leaves his native Greece, usually an island, jumps on a boat, and starts traveling the world......
SOURCE - COUNTERPUNCH.ORGThe black-dressed woman says the drama of Mesologgi unfolded while nature was blooming, its beauty overwhelming.
By Evaggelos Vallianatos Nature of freedom
It’s not clear what freedom has become in the twenty-first century. So many claim it, but so few...
Join us for the East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance’s/ EMBCA’s “3rd Ioannis Kapodistrias Forum, on his Anniversary” Webinar Panel Discussion on Sunday, February, 9, 2025 at 2 P.M. EST/ 9 P.M. Athens EEST. The event will be introduced and...
