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Diatribe: When women kill

The ancients feared the Strix as the worst kind of monster; a malevolent bird that would emerge under cover of darkness in order to feast on the blood and flesh …

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Parthia Empire: Where Hellenic met Persian

“Out of all the frontiers of the classical world, none has endured as long in the poetic imagination of both European and Asian alike as the Greco-Parthian Kingdom. In its …

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Local independent Ian Cook advocates for Mulgrave

Independent candidate Ian Cook has been at Mulgrave local for a lifetime; his children were born there. Cook ran a local catering business, ‘I Cook Foods’, that was shut down …

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Only Labor cares about the Mulgrave Electorate

The people of Mulgrave have a choice to make in the by-election this Saturday, 18 November. Only a vote for Eden Foster and Labor will ensure strong representation in government. …

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Mulgrave by-election: Voters have a crucial choice amidst years of Labor neglect

This Saturday’s Mulgrave by-election is about giving voters an important choice after years of neglect by Labor. One of the joys for me in recent weeks has been moving around …

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Opinion: The man who is keeping Ancient Greek alive in Melbourne

My first time meeting Alexandros was as a student of his, studying ancient Greek after-hours, originally at the Alphington Grammar School campus, and then the Doncaster High Campus. Our class …

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Echoes of war crimes in Greek epics resonate in today’s world

There’s been an odd bit of tension in the reviews of Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s Iliad as readers have celebrated the work for making Homer modern, championed it …

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Kon Karapanagiotidis’ journey from a ragged charity beginnings to major recognition and impact

I have seen it from the inside. Twenty-two years ago, skirting broken syringes and shattered glass, I climbed up a rickety set of stairs into a ramshackle building, the broad …

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Navigating inheritance acceptance in Greece: Legal procedures and essential considerations

The acceptance of inheritance necessitates a process of necessary legal and administrative steps before one can obtain ownership of any estate to which they are entitled. One’s right as an …

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Greek weddings under the Southern Cross

The stiff, studio-posed wedding photographs of my newly arrived relatives haunt me now. The people they depict have either long departed or, have placed me in the position of living …

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