Classical Athens
Anarchist group protests on Acropolis Hill over jailed N17 hitman
Anarchist group Rouvikonas raised a banner in front of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis Hill, on Thursday, to express support for jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, who has been on hunger strike for almost two weeks.
The color and design of the Parthenon frieze
Renowned Greek artist and Athens School of Fine Arts professor Pavlos Samios will present a short film and discuss the composition, scale, colors and techniques used in the frieze of the Parthenon temple on the ancient Acropolis at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York on Thursday.
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Taking a virtual tour of Pericles' Acropolis
The planetarium-like Tholos Theater at Hellenic Cosmos - the Foundation of the Hellenic World's cultural center in the Greek capital - now offers the chance to enjoy a virtual tour of the Acropolis as it was in the Golden Age of Athens.
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Runners set off on grueling ultramarathon
Athletes smile for the camera at the starting line of the 35th Spartathlon, beneath the Acropolis, early on Friday morning. The grueling 246-kilometer ultramarathon celebrating Pheidippides, the Athenian messenger who was sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon, is this year being attempted by 400 athletes from around the world.
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PM seeking to harness power of ancient Pnyx
The government is seeking to make the most of the visit to Greece by French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrives in Athens Thursday, as aides to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras see it as a perfect chance to put out the message that Greece has finally turned a corner after years of financial woes.
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In search of remnants from the Battle of Salamis
A submerged part of a building in Ambelakia Bay on the island of Salamina near Athens. An interdisciplinary group of experts is exploring the sea in Ambelakia Bay, the main port of ancient Salamis, where the Athenian fleet assembled the day before the famous Battle of Salamis, during which the swift Greek ships defeated the Persians under King Xerxes in 480 BC.
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Archaeologists go high-tech in 2,500-year-old Greek cold case
More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon -- the first recorded Olympic champion -- tried to take over the city of Athens and install himself as its sole ruler.
According to Thucydides and Herodotus, Athenian and Greek historians who wrote about the coup, Cylon enticed an army of followers to enter the city and lay siege to the Acropolis.
Virtual History | Athens | Summer/Autumn
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An ancient race with contemporary relevance
When Barney Spender ran the Athens Marathon in 2002, he probably did not envisage that running in Greece and tracing the legendary steps of ancient messenger Pheidippides would take up more than two years of his life in the future.
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1000mods | Athens | January 21
Greek stoner rock band 1000mods, from Chiliomodi in the Peloponnese, will be performing songs from their new album "Repeated Exposure To…" at Piraeus 117 Academy in Kerameikos, central Athens, on Saturday, January 21. The opening act, Thessaloniki-based psychedelic rock band Naxatras, will take the stage at 8.30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
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