“She appeared to be a Greek in all the ripe charms of womanhood. Her hair flowed down her shoulders in long graceful curls, crowned by a little scarlet cap, embroidered …

It is a well-known fact accepted by scholars that Anatolian culture was mainly Hellenic, and South Asian culture was primarily Hindu before the arrival of Islamic Turks from Central Asia, …

I, like many around my age group, grew up with or at least knew of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series by Rick Riordan. Riordan’s books revolve around …

In a heartfelt celebration marking the nameday of Archbishop Makarios, attendees were not just gathered for festivities but for a noble cause – to support the vision of Elpis, a …

“What is your favourite Greek word?” my friend Chris asks me. We are seated at a most genteel café in a suburb in which our unaspirated t’s draw the sideways …

French people are often surprised that foreigners come to France to study ancient Greece. It is easy for them to understand why foreign philosophers might go there. It is a …

I read with concern the article ‘Why do we kill wild horses’ by Dorothy Hatzopoulos as it fails to give a true picture of feral horse management in national parks. …

The thick white plastic bag sat by the front door, A present from a compatriot, who hailed from Greece up north. His village’s soil rich and plentiful, the trees glistened …

Few poems resonate in my mind as Cavafy’s “On the March to Sinope,” one of few of his historical poems that are set in Pontus. “I ask myself…”Cavafy, could you …

Papa-Giorgi or Papagiorgi (father George) woke up early on Wednesday morning. The papadia was still curled under the heavy paploma that she hogged in the night. Round and lumpy. Snoring. …