Culture of Greece

A tourist office from India, the Hellenic-Indian Chamber, antiquities custodians and the Ministry of Culture are entangled in a surreal game of pass the buck over a Mumbai group's visit to the Acropolis on Saturday that took an unexpected turn when some of its members donned ancient Greek attire.

The Culture Ministry stated that it had no affiliation with and did not authorize the presence of a group of individuals dressed in Ancient Greek attires at the Acropolis, the main archaeological site in the Greek capital, on Saturday. 

The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending the night at the ancient Acropolis in Athens, a week before its handover to Paris 2024 organizers.

Nine years after the vandalism of the monument dedicated to 19th century French philhellenes General Charles Nicolas Fabvier and Francois Robert, who fought valiantly in the struggle for Greek independence, all that is left is its base, which is sometimes used as a coffee table for passers-by on the Dionysiou Areopagitou pedestrian road ringing the Acropolis in Athens.

What are the adjectives that should describe every new creative interpretation of ancient Greek culture? Must it be "simple yet elegant," "abstract" or "figurative"? Can it be "fresh"? Can it be "contemporary"?

And what are the appropriate adjectives for an esthetic proposal that is based on a completely different creative approach?

This modern hotel offers 12 spacious suites with unique views of the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora in Thissio, and the Athens Observatory

Democrats Abroad Greece (DAGR) have welcomed President Joe Biden's annual proclamation declaring March 25 as Greek Independence Day as "reaffirmation of the strong and growing ties between Greece and the United States."

The lights on the Acropolis, Presidential Mansion, Parliament and other public buildings were switched off on Saturday evening to mark Earth Hour.

Organised by WWF, this year's event was dedicated to the forest, after the hottest year on record worldwide and the destruction of 120,000 hectares of woodland in Greece in last summer's fires.

On April 4, the event for the Greek Revolution of 21 at the White House will take place - Government sources note, however, that the exact date has not been officially announced between the two sides

18th century saw the rise of complex animated figures, drawing from earlier concepts known in the time of the ancient Greeks