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EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Michalis Lymperatos, a historian and author of works on modern Greek history and a postdoctoral researcher at Panteion University, speaks on Kostas Vergos’s excellent program Perigrammata (“Outlines”) about German reprisals during the Occupation. What justifications did...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ Helleniscope was present at the July 23 ceremony unveiling the new architectural illumination of Monemvasia’s historic Rock, marking 205 years since its liberation. A truly spectacular event! By Nick Stamatakis On...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ Why create a private-law corporation unless Greece's priceless cultural heritage is destined for commercialization? The Acropolis is not a corporate asset—and Greeks deserve answers about who will ultimately control...
By Lambros Karpodinis We Greeks are very protective of our heritage and history. And we have every right and obligation to be. After all, there’s no other people that have such a history of contributions that benefited and enlightened the...
MAIN IMAGE: Odysseus and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse, 1891. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Wikipedia, Public Domain. By Evaggelos Vallianatos Christopher Nolan, producer of “The Odyssey” movie, admitted he was enchanted from childhood by Homer’s Odyssey. He produced...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team The Genocide of the Pontic Greeks was a systematic, organized Turkish crime with a clear objective, and it was part of the violent “cleansing” of Anatolia...
PHOTO: Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy... ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team Elon Musk has escalated his attacks on Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, arguing that the film’s casting choices...
ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΗ ΣΥΝΤΑΞΗΣ (Νίκος Σταματάκης).  Από την καλή φίλη και εξαιρετική υπηρέτη της τέχνης, λάβαμε και με χαρά δημοσιεύουμε τον πίνακα της κύριας εικόνας μας και το ακόλουθο εξαίρετο ποίημα... Μπράβο!...  =================== ΖΗΤΩ η ΕΛΛΑΣ και το ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟ '21. Είμαι η Ελλάς, μια χώρα...
  By Evaggelos Vallianatos History by Nikolaos Gyzis, 1892. Wikipedia. Public Domain Prologue The forced Christianization of Hellas / Greece in the fourth century and after wounded ancient Hellenic / Greek culture but did not completely destroy. In medieval Greece (wrongly dubbed Byzantium),...
PHOTO: September 28, 1988, at NYU: The President of France receives an honorary Doctorate of Laws by John Brademas... Accompanying him (not shown in this photo). the first woman Chancellor of the Sorbonne and President of all Universities of...