Greek mythology

Director Pantelis Dentakis has taken up the challenge of working with one of the masterpieces of romantic theater, Heinrich von Kleist's "Penthesilea," inspired by the mutual passion between the mythical Amazon queen and Achilles at Troy, to address the question: Can one fall in love with one's enemy?

Director Pantelis Dentakis has taken up the challenge of working with one of the masterpieces of romantic theater, Heinrich von Kleist's "Penthesilea," inspired by the mutual passion between the mythical Amazon queen and Achilles at Troy, to address the question: Can one fall in love with one's enemy?

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou visits the Greek Archaeological Fund's (TAP) workshop of casts, copies and replicas in Athens, on Wednesday. Koniordou and newly appointed TAP president Athena Hatzipetrou outlined the fund's main priorities for 2018.

The eight crew members of the Andromeda, a Tanzania-flagged cargo ship intercepted off Crete earlier this month with hundreds of tons of explosives bound for Libya, were remanded in custody on Tuesday.

The two Ukrainians, five Indians and one Albanian had appeared before a Piraeus prosecutor on charges of violating maritime safety laws.

The Shipping Ministry plans to remove the 410 tons of explosives that were found and seized earlier this month from the Tanzania-flagged freighter Andromeda, which is currently docked in the port of Iraklio in Crete, as soon as possible.

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.

Designer clothing label Zeus+Dione on Friday announced that a fashion show it had been planning to stage in front of the capital's Herod Atticus Theater on April 2 will not go ahead despite a unanimous decision in its favor by Greece's Central Archaeological Council (KAS).

Greek-born lifestyle label Zeus+Dione is set to hold a fashion show in front of Herod Atticus Theater in Athens on April 2, following a unanimous decision by Greece's Central Archaeological Council (KAS).

The brand's catwalk presentation is set to take place in the context of the 23rd edition of Athens Xclusive Designers Week (AXDW), hosted at Zappeion Hall between March 29-April 1.

Lawmakers on Wednesday will be debating a controversial Education Ministry bill for the creation of the so-called University of Western Attica.

Attacks against migrant workers, and Pakistani nationals in particular, in the Piraeus suburbs of Renti and Nikaia have spiked since Christmas, a rights group warned on Thursday, saying the assaults bear the hallmarks of Golden Dawn's so-called "assault divisions."