Ancient Greeks

Pericles Lewis, Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English at Yale University, serves as dean of Yale College. He owes his Greek name to his father's love for the Greek historian Thucydides.

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) finds itself in the grip of vandals who refuse to show any sign of respect for the historic institution, whose halls, columns, bulletin boards and every corner are almost always covered in ugly graffiti, hinting that the battle for the protection of public buildings appears to be a losing one.

“Thalassotherapy” or sea therapy was prescribed by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, himself

An article by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hosted by the British newspaper "The Mail on Sunday", in which he calls on his British counterpart to seize the opportunity at this time, and the current generation to be the one to finally reunite the Parthenon Sculptures.

Here is the full text of the Prime Minister's article:

He became the 2nd Greek after Demosthenes Tabakos (gold, silver) with 2 medals in the rings

Megasthenes, born c. 350 BC, was an ancient Greek historian and diplomat

International Greek Language Day is celebrated annually on February 9, the date when Dionysios Solomos, the national poet of modern Greece, has been commemorated since his death in 1857. Unmatched in its content and expression, the Greek language substantiates anthropocentric meanings.

The oldest one is estimated to date to the 4th century BC

"Forgetfulness and Historical Thinking in Herodotus against the Background of the Greek Literary Tradition" is the title of a lecture that Dr Carlos Hernandez Garces will deliver at the Norwegian Institute at Athens on Tuesday, January 28.

Thousands of workers will have the right in 2020 to retire as early as the age of 55 year, that is 12 years before the general age of retirement.