Michalis ParaskevasMichalis Paraskevas (Μιχάλης Παρασκευάς) is a Cypriot lawyer who has been described as an activist and as a politician. His activism work primarily concerned the rights and well-being of refugees, and opposition to the austerity policies of the Cypriot government. He was an independent candidate for the European Parliament. Michalis Paraskevas was born and raised in Nicosia to a Greek-Cypriot family. He has been influenced by his family and his social environment and he was raised to be proud of his Greek heritage and the national struggles, but he never was a nationalist or right-wing.
Asclepius (Sikelianos)Asclepius is the sixth tragedy ( lyric ) of Angelos Sikelianos and the only one that was unfinished. It was partially written between 1915 and the end of the poet's life in 1951. It was published in 1955. The main plot takes place in late antiquity Greece which is under the apparent influence of Rome, as well as during the first years of Christianity, in the 4th century AD, and follows the struggle of sick athlete Igesias to get well – by putting his hopes on Asclepius and his sanctuary in Epidaurus.
Grigórios ZevgólisGrigórios Zevgólis, en Γρηγόριος Ζευγώλης (1886-1950) un sculpteur et un artiste peintre grec, originaire de l'île de Naxos. Grigórios Zevgólis naît en 1886 à Athènes. Il étudie, de 1903 à 1908 à l'École des beaux-arts d'Athènes, sous la direction de Nikifóros Lýtras en peinture et de en sculpture. Il poursuit ses études à l'Académie Julian de Paris, sous la direction de Paul Landowski et à l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris. En 1911, il rentre à Athènes et ouvre un atelier avec Nikólaos Lýtras.
Zisis OikonomouZisis Oikonomou (Greek: Ζήσης Οικονόμου ['zizis ikɔ'nɔmu]; 25 April 1911 – 3 August 2005), also spelled Zisis Economou, was a Greek poet and prose writer. In 1977 he received the poetry award from the Academy of Athens for all his work and especially for his book Cloudless Silence (Greek: "Αιθρία σιγή"). In 1995, he was honoured with the Greek National Prize of Poetry. Oikonomou was born on the Greek island of Skiathos, where he also spent his childhood years. His father was a captain and owner of a sailing ship.
Maro DoukaMaro Douka (Μάρω Δούκα; born 1947) is a Greek novelist. She has lived in Athens since 1966 and she studied History and Archaeology at the University of Athens. She belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s; her debut work, Η Πηγάδα, based on her imprisonment in 1967 by the Military Junta, was published in 1974, just a few months after the Metapolitefsi.
Panagiotis FaklarisPanagiotis V. Faklaris (Greek: Παναγιώτης Β. Φάκλαρης) is a Greek archaeologist, professor of classical archaeology and excavator of the acropolis and the walls of Vergina. Main fields of specialization: topography of ancient Macedonia, topography of ancient Kynouria, arms and armour, horse harnesses, ancient Greek daily life, metal finds, Greek mythology. Studied archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Cambridge UK. Born in Arcadia, Greece, April 1947.
Yiorgos VeltsosYiorgos Veltsos (Γιώργος Βέλτσος; born October 1944) is a Greek philosopher, author, poet, and former academic professor. Veltsos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received his doctoral degree in Political Sociology from the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis. From 1975 onward, Veltsos taught communication theory at the Panteion University in Athens, where he became associate professor in 1980, and professor of Sociology in 1985.
Dimitri KitsikisDimítris Kitsíkis (Δημήτρης Κιτσίκης), connu à l’étranger sous le nom de Dimitri Kitsikis, né le à Athènes et mort le à Ottawa, est un historien, turcologue, sinologue et géopolitologue grec. Professeur de relations internationales à l'université d’Ottawa (Canada), depuis 1970. Il est membre de la Société royale du Canada depuis 1999. Il est également poète de langues française et grecque. On a écrit de lui qu'il était « l'un des trois plus importants géopolitologues dans le monde avec Karl Haushofer et Halford Mackinder ».
Ívi AdámouÍvi Adámou (en Ήβη Αδάμου), née le , est une chanteuse gréco-chypriote connue en Grèce et à Chypre à la suite de sa participation dans la deuxième saison de la version grecque de The X Factor, où elle était sous la direction de . Ívi Adámou participe à la deuxième saison de , puis obtient la mais surtout gagne l’amour du public grec et signe un contrat avec Sony Music. Son premier album Kalokéri stin kardiá () sort en et devient disque d'or.
Timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece (from 2008)This is a timeline of the presence of Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece from 2008. The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically, as well as the territory now composing the modern state of Greece. 2008 Abp.
