Dean Kalimniou
Dialogue –
The Greek Mata Hari and the revolution
In her book, “Women of ‘21,” Greek historian and feminist Koula Xiradaki observes that the historiography of the 1821 Revolution has become “like the monasteries of Mount Athos: a place …
Byzantine ecclesiastical music, where tradition is a way of life
As far as I can remember, Byzantine music has been part of my life. One of my earliest memories is of waking up to the smell of incense and listening …
Saving face: Why Facebook blocked Australian media but not Neos Kosmos
One can do naught else but praise Social Media god Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan for posting a selfie from the Acropolis a few years ago, which they …
Serbs in the Greek revolution
Ν΄ ἀνάψωμεν μία φλόγα, σὲ ὅλην τὴν Τουρκιά, Νὰ τρέξ΄ ἀπὸ τὴν Μπόσνα, καὶ ὡς τὴν Ἀραπιά. “We will light a flame throughout the Turkish lands That will spread from …
Euphrates’ sister, lore of bridges from Arta and Assyria
Some months after our wedding, my wife and I were driving in the car listening to Assyrian music. A particularly jaunty tune engaged my attention and I asked: “What is …
Dogs of Democritus: Philosophical perspective on the strays of Greek politics
Every day, in order to catch the bus whenever I would stay with my grandmother in Athens, I would have to cross a busy road, the fringes of which were …
Kafe Kosmos, a great local cafe to leave a void as it closes down
After enduring 12 years of my devoted patronage, my local café is closing its doors, as it is being merged into a conglomeration of a soon to be constructed faceless …
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An Australian anthem for the ‘one and free’
ΕΝ ΑΓΑΛΛΙΑΣΕΙ (IN JOYFUL STRAINS) Εὐφραίνεσθε πάντες Αὐστραλοί, ὅτι ἐλεύθεροι γάρ καί νέοι ἐσμέν, χοῦν χρυσόν ἔχομεν καί διἀ τόν ἡμέτερον κάματον, πλοῦτον, ἡ δε οἱκία ἡμῶν, πόντου περιβάλλεται… Superannuated …
Dialogue –
Joy be to the twelve days following Christmas
Joy be to the twelve days of Christmas, that usher in the New Year. While rejoicing in the birth of the Saviour and the imminent demise of the year COVID, …
Dialogue –
Guarding Thermopylae, blocking the pass to the Persians
«Εμείς εδώ φυλάμε Θερμοπύλες», the elderly president of a regional brotherhood remarked as he showed me around the mouldy, crumbling club premises. He was off course, referring to Cavafy’s renowned …