Month: April 2024
8 Things a Greek Girl Noticed Living Between LA and Greece
Joanna Kalafatis is a Greek American travel writer and actress. She has travelled to over 35 countries. Joanna recently wrote an article on Business Insider on the differences between living in LA and Greece. Joanna spent the first few years of her life in Greece, before relocating to the United States. She couldn’t stay away […]
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Netflix Series Depicts Alexander the Great as Gay
A six-part Netflix “documentary” series titled ‘Alexander: The Making of a God’ explores the remarkable life of Alexander the Great via his dramatic metamorphosis from warrior prince to living god. The show follows his rise from his youth to his obsession with overthrowing the powerful Persian Emperor Darius, which propelled him to conquer the known […]
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25 Facts About Greece You May Not Know
1. Greece is regarded as the cradle of Western civilization, the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, political science, historiography, philosophy, mythology, drama (including comedy and tragedy), and much more! 2. With more than 3,400 years of recorded history, Athens, the capital of Greece, is among the oldest cities in the […]
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The Ancient Greek ‘Romeyka’ Dialect in Danger of Extinction in Turkey
Researchers have discovered features that make an endangered form of Ancient Greek, spoken by a few thousand people in isolated mountain villages in northern Turkey, more similar to the language of Homer than they are to modern Greek. As a result, the language has been dubbed a “living bridge” to antiquity. Romeyka’s exact speaker count […]
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