The Messinian land constitutes a special and historic place for the Greek Revolution of 1821. It is a region where some of the most important battles were given, such as …

Simonides of Ceos was a man of many talents. According to legend, he was responsible for the invention of the Greek letters ω, η, ξ, ψ. If I had invented …

“Wait a minute,” Mehdi said and hurried to his shop’s counter. A few minutes he returned bearing a glass of steaming Persian, cardamom tea. “I’ve put a strand of saffron …

“Greece is both still Europe but also already the Orient.” Marc Chagall   At first instance, Modernist painter Marc Chagall’s relationship with Greece is not immediately apparent. Referred to by …

A former senior government adviser and communications consultant, Jim Claven is a trained historian who has been researching the Hellenic link to Anzac for many years now and many readers …

The first thing to note about South Australian journalist Stephanie Timotheou’s bilingual children’s book Cooking with Yiayia, is that it is beautifully illustrated. The lines are simple and yet have …

It is fair to say that Melbourne poet, journalist and social activist Bert Birtles harboured an enduring fascination for Greece. He named the poetry journal that he founded in 1935 …

As a result of George Floyd’s murder and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, there have been calls to decolonise the academic fields of Classical and Byzantine Studies. …

The Plague of Athens (430-426 BCE) stands as a milestone in the development of world historiography; far from being the first case of a widespread or documented epidemic, its particular …

«Οὕτως ἄνωθεν Ἑλληνικοῦ τε φρονήματος ἔμπλεως ἦν καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἔτίμα.» “Thus long our city had a Greek mentality and honoured liberty.” Bessarion: Panegyric to Trebizond Jibes about Pontian magnate …