I’d like to share an exhibition that serves as a marvelous springboard to reflect on girlhood at the classical times in Athens. The Greek history is inevitably linked with the culture of classical Athens, especially its peak during the 5th century B.C. The...
Common meal for Asia Minor refugees in Mytilene, Greece. http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/388321 At the beginning of the 20th century, the newly established Greece and the Turkish National Movement found themselves in conflict over territory in Asia Minor. The dispute...
Detached from the Greek music scene for as long as I remember myself listening to music, I am more of a committed admirer of international music waves. From time to time, though, the few remarkable exceptions are worth mentioning. Being my recent explorations, I would...
A tour at the Acropolis Museum, Athens. Given that this is my first August spent in Athens (instead of the ordinary summer drifting on a picturesque beach on a Greek island), I’m trying to make the most of it. One of my first expeditions in the city was the long...
The Little Match Girl, from the homonymous story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8k2444DqkLk/TQTqrXlW23I/AAAAAAAAAM4/y_ScMfbmhUs/s320/to-koritsaki-me-ta-spirta.jpg The European continent recently welcomed the New Year with rather...