More than 10 villages have been evacuated as a large wildfire rages for a third day on Monday near Alexandroupolis, north-eastern Greece. The wildfire has already destroyed several homes but there are no reports of serious injuries to firefighters or residents. Some 200 firefighters, assisted by 16 water-dropping aircraft, volunteers and police, are battling the […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Monday, August 21, 2023
Things You Probably Missed About Greek Mythology
Many are the stories from ancient Greek mythology that are widely known around the world, and many are the movies based on them. Over the centuries, Greek Mythology has set the basis of how people view the ancient world. However, the telling of these ancient stories has often diverted from the facts, leading to a […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
Photos: Alaska Greek Festival
Hundreds of people attended the 29th annual Alaska Greek Festival, a three-day event originally started as a fundraiser, to “build a proper Byzantine Orthodox-style church,” said Father Vasili ...
Wearing Skirts Was Considered Manly in Ancient Greece
In ancient Greece, wearing skirts was not only stylish, but also a symbol of masculinity!
Alexis Tsipras Leaves the Greek Left at a Historic Low
… Syriza’s poor performance in Greece’s two general elections … old social democratic party Pasok failed to surpass the … conspiracy-theorist formations such as Greek Solution and Niki (Victory). … not the alliance with Independent Greeks (ANEL) that was actually …
Greece: fires continue to advance in the northeast
… continue to advance in northeastern Greece near the port city of … had to be evacuated. In Greece, in the midst of a … to the National Observatory of Athens. Multiple fires then broke out … on another very touristic island, Corfu (north-west), from where some …
The classic and delicious Greek dish with a murky past
I had thought moussaka was comfortably Greek, yet it comes with a history that's far more complex and controversial.
