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Edith Hamilton’s Timeless Classic “Mythology” Still Delights & Inspires

Alexandros K. Kyrou
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March 06, 2010

EDITH HAMILTON. Mythology. Boston: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Pp. xiv, 497. $13.99 (paperback). BOSTON - There have been countless attacks in the postmodern...

Lars Brownworth: Podcasting Byzantium’s Legacy and the Debt Owed by West

Angelike Contis
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January 28, 2010

NEW YORK - “I recorded a lecture. We put it online and nothing happened. Then the day Apple announced podcasting, my brother put it up, online, and people started downloading it and people started ema...

Book Captures Stories of “Greeks in Auschwitz-Birkenau”

Sylvia Klimaki
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January 28, 2010

NEW YORK - On January 26 Photini Tomai, Director of the Historical Archives of the Greek ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented her book “Greeks in Auschwitz-Birkenau,” at the Greek Press Office in Ne...

Book Review: The Convent by Panos Karnezis

Financial Times
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January 11, 2010

Panos Karnezis, a graduate of the creative writing programme at the University of East Anglia, announced his arrival in the world of letters with Little Infamies, a well-received collection of short s...

History and its flaws seen in Thucydides

John Timpane - Philadelphia Inquirer
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January 03, 2010

Thucydides The Reinvention of History By Donald Kagan This is an important book, largely right and largely misguided, by one of the most eminent scholars in the field. Kagan, who is Sterling Prof...

Scott Cairns Pens Book on His Pilgrimages to Mt. Athos

November 22, 2009

Poet/author Scott Cairns is seen in Thessaloniki. Mr. Cairns' book "Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven: A Pilgrimmage" is about his three first trips to Mt. Athos.

‘Short Trip to The Edge’: A Man’s Search for Englightenment on Mt. Athos

Angelike Contis
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November 20, 2009

NEW YORK –“That I am a sinner is of no great surprise, as I’m sure it is no surprise to anyone who knows me. That I might ask for mercy has been also a long-held, long-embraced comfort. That I migh...

John Catsimatidis' Mother is the Heroine of the New Book “Eleven Weddings and a Sacrifice”

November 09, 2009

Greek Canadian novelist Justine Fragouli-Argyris is seen next to Greek American business mogul John Catsimatidis, who was deeply moved during the presentation of a book dedicated to his late mother's

New Book on Life of John Catsimitadis’ Mother Reveals an Immigrant’s Search for the American Dream

Antonis Kratsis
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November 09, 2009

ATHENS – Guests at the King George Palace Hotel in Syntagma Square in Athens came out on Friday, November 6, 2009 to sample a taste of the American dream, during the official presentation of the launc...

The School of Athens: 'Thucydides: The Reinvention of History'

Peter Stothard - Wall Street Journal
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October 30, 2009

Without Thucydides the war (or wars) fought between the Greek states of Athens and Sparta late in the fifth century B.C. would have been no more significant than many another long war (or wars) whose ...

First-ever White House pianist shares memories of Truman

October 27, 2009

NAPLES, Fla. – As the first pianist to ever be retained by a president to play on a regular basis - George Manos shared a rare friendship with President Harry S. Truman during his executive term. In h...

Greek math comic a bestseller

John Hadoulis - AFP
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October 12, 2009

Mathematics theory hardly sounds like comic book material, but a pioneering Greek graphic novel on maths in early 20th century Europe has become an unlikely hit, grabbing best-seller spots at online b...

‘Hot and Spicy’ Chef Aglaia Kremezi Visits New York

Angelike Contis
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August 06, 2009

Delicate mussels fried in ouzo batter, grilled shrimp dipped in hot sauce and a paella-like dish with chunks of white cheese were among the recipes chef Jim Botsacos whipped up for a July 27 celebr...

J.B. Kiesling: James Miller Hits a Home Run with his Latest Book

John Brady Kiesling - The Nation
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August 06, 2009

“The United States and the Making of Modern Greece: History and Power, 1950-1974,” by James Edward Miller (University of North Carolina Press: 2009, 320 pages, $45).

In the first essay I wrot...

C.P. Cavafy: A Byzantine Heart

Peter Green - The New Republic
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June 09, 2009

Greece, as a nation-state, has only existed since 1832. The Greece that most of us have at the back of our minds, that of archaic and classical antiquity, consisted of a collection of quarrelsomely in...

Coufoudakis: Cyprus Struggle Must Focus on Turkey's Human Rights Violations

Demetris Tsakas
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April 24, 2009

NEW YORK – The presentation of Dr. Van Coufoudakis’ new book “International Aggression and Violations of Human Rights: The Case of Turkey in Cyprus” took place at the Stathakion Center in Astoria, att...

Presenting his new book

April 24, 2009

Professor Van Coufoudakis presents his new book, “International Aggression and Violations of Human Rights: The Case of Turkey in Cyprus,” at the Stathakion Center in Astoria, headquarters for the Fede...

New book for Greek American professor

April 23, 2009

Greek American Professor Van Coufoudakis, right, is seen discussing his newly released book "International Aggression and Violations of Human Rights: The Case of Turkey in Cyprus” at the Statakion Cen

Murder in Mykonos Captivates Greece

Eleni Kostopoulos
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February 13, 2009

NEW YORK – What happens when a successful lawyer leaves his court cases and notepads behind in New York City to start a new life on the striking, animated island of Mykonos? In Jeff Siger’...

The Byzantine Economy: A Pioneering Scholar's Final Work

Alexandros K. Kyrou
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February 13, 2009

The death of Angeliki Laiou to cancer on December 11, 2008, marks the sad passing of an irreplaceable scholar. A distinguished pioneer of Byzantine social and economic history, Professor Laiou&#...

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