EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Remarkable contradictions have started arising - at a time when the new same-sex marriage law was passed in Greece... Greece's Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni expressed her outrage at Netflix’s take on Alexander the Great...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis) We can all fret about the future of Greece and Hellenism with all that we witnessed around us these last few years, but suddenly we come across such an authentic talent as Yiannis Haroulis (link...
EDITOR'S NOTE: I am an incurable optimist, but I think we will need to break many pomegranates this New Year's Eve to get the luck we need this coming year!!
BELOW a video about the ancient custom and a short...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). For decades the whole civilized world, as Christmas time was approaching, had a very time-honored habit, the habit of celebrating this holiday with classical music and ballet, much of which originated in Russia. It was...
Mikis: "I don't care to be pro-Jewish or pro-Palestinian. I am pro-justice, pro-peace and pro-freedom!!" In 1994, after the signing of the famous Oslo Accords - where the Independent Palestinian Authority was recognized - in the presence of Simon...
By Nick Stamatakis
I first learned who Marina Satti was six years ago when I listened to a couple of her songs/videos and was left speechless. The first one, "Koupes" ("Cups") made over 24 million views, and the second one,...
PHOTO: Ancient sculpture depicting Pyrrichios...
By Nick Stamatakis
A few weeks ago, in response to a reader's comments, I hinted at the likelihood of the Greek origins of the Palestinians, at least partially. This is a huge issue, and it does...
EDITOR'S NOTE: As promised, Helleniscope will proceed to several posts emphasizing the importance of Hellenic Philosophy in the 3-4 centuries after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, in the so-called Hellenistic times. These were the centuries...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): In this rare, informative video from a musical event at the Herod Atticus Theater in Athens (a Roman thater with incredible acoustics at the foothills of the Acropolis - those who haven't been there are...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): I am certainly not the first to detect the many similarities and other connections between Stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophical school that flourished in Hellenistic times starting in 300 BC with Zeno of Citium (Cyprus). ...
