Beauty - Helen of Troy

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.

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Giorgos Seferis

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.

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Titus Flaminus

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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The Last Olympian

 

"The Last Olympian" is an American fantasy-novel and the fifth part of the best-selling series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" by Rick Riodan. It is based on Greek mythology and centered around demigods living in present time United States. These children of gods and humans, who life in mixed world of reality and mythology, are in a constant battle between good and evil powers.

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The Battle of the Labyrinth

“The Battle of the Labyrinth” is an American fantasy-novel based on Greek mythology. It is the forth part of the best-selling series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” by Rick Riordan centred around demigods, children of gods and humans, living in present time United States. In the novel series the main character Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon and a mortal woman, and his friends experience many adventures and save the world on several occasions with the help of ancient Greek gods and various mythical creatures.

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The Brothers Poem

Today we will get a small insight in the Greek culture by taking a closer look at ancient poetry. The Brothers poem was written by the ancient Greek poet Sappho.  is known for her lyric poetry which is written to be sung. Unfortunately most of her poetry got lost but just four years ago – in 2014 - the Brothers poem was rediscovered on a papyrus by Dirk Obbink. Most of the poem survived, even though the beginning has been lost. It is uncertain how many stanzas are missing.

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