EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). After Christian (Byzantine) Emperors Theodosius and Justinian (yes the one who built Hagia Sophia!) destroyed (yes, destroyed!!) every sign of Hellenic civilization in the Eastern Roman Empire, including the Academy of Athens, whatever manuscripts the...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Pauline Lee is a Korean content creator who has gained viral attention on social media for teaching Greek language and culture to a global audience. What sets her apart is the unexpected cultural pairing: a Korean...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team
In the stadiums of Southern Italy, football sometimes becomes a time machine.
Beneath the floodlights, chants rise that are older than the nation itself—names, places, and memories...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). This festive season gifted audiences a moment of rare beauty, as André Rieu once again proved that his music transcends borders, languages, and traditions. In the glow of the Maastricht Christmas concerts, Greek Christmas carols...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
As we approach the end of the year, the death of philosopher Lizzy Lasithiotaki last February transformed an already mythic life into an irresistible figure—poised between Jean Paul Sartre’s...
By Nick Stamatakis
On Sunday afternoon, November 30, the day following the historic premiere of Kapodistrias by Yiannis Smaragdis at the Museum of the Moving Image, the Federation of Hellenic Societies and the Know Thyself Initiative, together with Helleniscope, organized...
PHOTO: Ιστορία, πίνακας Νικολάου Γύζη, 1892. Δημόσιος Τομέας.
Γράφει ο Εὐάγγελος Βαλλιανᾶτος
Πρόλογος: Η ελευθερία γέννησε τον Πολιτισμό
Ο Ζακυνθινός ποιητής Ανδρέας Κάλβος, 1792 - 1869, στην ‘Ωδή Τετάρτης εις Σάμον,’ έγραψε: “Θέλει αρετή και τόλμη η ελευθερία.”
Πράγματι, ο Κάλβος έκφρασε το...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team
Dr. Ioanna Sitaridou is a Cambridge-based linguist whose work offers a rare portal into the historical depth of Greek. As a scholar of historical linguistics, she...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
A historic evening unfolded in Astoria as the Greek-American community gathered for the world premiere of “Kapodistrias – The Governor”, by Giannis Smaragdis. Guided by Helleniscope’s leading coordination, the...
Kalinitta: The Song of the Greeks of Italy in the Griko Dialect Is an Ode to the Power of the Greek Language
A song in Grekanika—the dialect of the Greeks spoken by the Griko in Southern Italy. This remarkable song,...
