Ancient Greek religion
Emily Wilson talks about translating 'The Odyssey'
"It is so good to be home. This is a picture of my nostos," tweeted University of Pennsylvania classical studies professor Emily Wilson on May 13, attaching a photographs of her two daughters. She had clearly missed her family during her lengthy tour of Great Britain and Australia to promote her critically acclaimed translation of Homer's "Odyssey."
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Free falling back to the 80s
A routine transaction with the Greek civil service can easily develop into an odyssey of irrationality. There is nothing original about this observation. The problems of the country's unreformed public administration have been swelling, albeit with fluctuations, for decades now.
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News from the Oracle: Delphi versus Davos
All know that Delphi is the navel or "omphalos" of the earth where long ago the eagles released by Zeus met after circling the planet in flight. Few know that, putting down roots there amid the ruins, the Delphi Economic Forum is rising as Greece's answer to Davos.
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Greek army chief says country's forces react with prudence to Turkish provocations
Greek armed forces tackle Turkish provocations prudently while offering this country a reliable prevention force, the chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis told the Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday.
Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight
A group of Syrian women are adapting the Euripides' tragedy "Iphigenia," using a a play set during an ancient war to bring Berlin audiences closer to the plight of women driven from their homeland by conflict.
Sanctity | Athens | December 19 - January 12
The European Cultural Center of Delphi and the Photography Circle present "Sanctity," a group show at The Box in Athens exploring religion's "parental relationship" to art. Curated by photography historian Platon Rivellis, the show brings together 134 pieces by 44 artists.
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Emily Wilson the first woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English
The latest translation of Homer’s The Odyssey has been translated into English, and while it has been done so dozens of times since it first appeared in English in 1615, this is the first time it has been done by a woman.
The Oracle shrine of Delphi
Divination was considered as one of the most important kinds of art (technai—arts, skills, crafts) among the ancient Greeks, second only to medicine, given along with fire to humans by Prometheus (Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 484-99).
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Armistice Day marked in Serbia
Armistice Day was marked on Saturday in Serbia with a number of ceremonies, including the laying of wreaths at the New Cemetery in Belgrade.
The central state ceremony was led by Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Zoran Djordjevic.
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Get ready for the 2nd Odyssea International journey!
The 2nd Odyssea International journey with sailing boats is about to start from 7 to 13 October 2017, we freeze the time and we go back in the footsteps of ODYSSEA, reviving the Homeric journey with the aim of awakening and transferring the message: “There is Ithaca! There is hope!”