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Billy Cotsis

Features

The Acropolis of Calabria: The Greko

Time stands still, tranquillity, and peace engulf you. This is in Southern Italy where the remnants of an ancient Greek community continue to speak and live like a Greek, Calabria. …

News

Hellenic Belmore: From Footy to Church and everything in between

For sheer athleticism, Rugby League is a sport which can entertain and embrace people. In Belmore, the blue and whites of the Canterbury Bulldogs are beloved by all, the same …

Features

Smyrna’s unsung American a hero who saved a million Greeks

My Pappou is from the coastal city of Aivali in Asia Minor now Turkey. Every time I visit, via a short boat ride from Lesvos, I am greeted by people …

Features

Pyrrhus, a Pyrrhic Victory and the rise of Epiros in the Hellenistic Age

Epiros, is a place of geographical contrasts. The high mountains and winding roads that take you across terrain that only shepherds and trekkers seem to traverse with ease. Then you …

Features

Asia under the Seleucids, a Hellenic Empire

As someone focused on documenting Hellenic history across the world, am grateful that most Hellenic territories are of a manageable size. There is one that was huge, a headache to …

Dialogue

Odrysian Kingdom: a rough diamond in the ancient world

I occasionally come across a rough diamond. That unique story that is hidden or shaded by other more prominent histories of the Balkans. The ancient kingdom of Odrysia is an …

Features

‘Griko is the sound of my parents and grandparents’, Dr Manuela Pellegrino says

Dr Manuela Pellegrino, a fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Harvard University, is one of the youngest and most influential members of the Griko population of Apulia. Griko …

Life

Apostolos Fotiadis – From the streets of Canterbury to Greece’s live music stages and back to Perth

Apostolos Fotiadis has had a remarkable career. Having grown up around the Sydney suburb of Canterbury, he somehow made his way to the humid town of Larissa of all places, …

Dialogue

17 November, the day democracy died and was reborn in Athens

Fascism and extreme demagoguery has no place in our society. Yet in recent years, we have seen the rise (and fall) of Golden Dawn, Trumpism, Bolsanaro, Erdogan and more. 17 …

Features

Opportunity and adventure: The Greek presence in Africa

There’s no denying that Greeks are everywhere and have had a significant engagement in Africa. Their influence is evident from the first colonies in Egypt, Libya and even Tunisia From …

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