Allegory of the cave
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Friday, 31 July 2020 09:16
“Allegory of the cave” also called “Plato’s Cave”, is a part of “De Republica” (The Republic), written by Plato. It was published between 380 to 360 B.C. and is known to be one of the most famous and influential philosophical works of all time.
Odysseas Elytis
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Friday, 05 June 2020 16:35
This week, I will talk about one of the most famous Greeks of the 20th century, one of the two Nobel prize for literature winners from this country. For all of you who are just thinking “ah there are two Greeks who won the Nobel prize for literature?” Yes, there are two of them, Giorgos Seferis, and his maybe slight less known fellow Odysseas Elytis about whom I will talk today.
Les Mémoires de Zeus
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Monday, 04 May 2020 15:29
This weeks book is Les Mémoires de Zeus from the french author Maurice Druon. He was bord in 1918 in Paris and died at the age of 90 years old in 2009.
Beauty - Helen of Troy
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- Published on Thursday, 09 April 2020 14:12
Our current concept of beauty is still shaped by the beauty ideals of antiquity. We all know the white marble statues and paintings on pottery showing more or less naked women and men. Even if the statues are most probably not the perfect depiction of existing people, but represent an idealized version, they can teach us something about the concept of beauty at that time.
Giorgos Seferis
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 March 2020 16:52
This time I will introduce you to a famous Greek writer, who is called Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης). That is actually just his pen name, his real name is Georgios Seferiades.
Titus Flaminus
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- Published on Friday, 06 March 2020 16:07
Always wanted to read a thriller-historical fiction novel in French? I found the book for you! ‘Le mystrère d’Eleusis’ is the third tome of Titus Flaminus, which is a serie of 5 independent books written by Jean François Nahmias and published between 2003 and 2009.
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