Manos Hatzidakis
Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely considered as one of the greatest Greek songwriters of all time. His legacy and contribution is widespread among the works of contemporary Greek music, through the second half of the 20th and into…
Σαπφώ
Ο Πλάτωνας είχε γράψει ότι ήταν η δεκάτη μούσα, ο Αλκαίος την είχε αποκαλέσει «ιερή γυναίκα» και μέχρι σήμερα η Σαπφώ αναγνωρίζεται από τον πνευματικό κόσμο του δυτικού πολιτισμού ως «η γυναίκα που έγραψε την καλύτερη ποίηση που γράφτηκε ποτέ».Ή Σαπφώ ήταν εκείνη που ύμνησε…
Irene Papas
Irene Papas (or Pappas) (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά) born according to most sources on 3 September 1926) is a Greek actress and singer who has starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She became famous in Greece, and then internationally…
Mikis Theodorakis
Michael “Mikis” Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ (Μίκης) Θεοδωράκης [ˈmicis θeoðoˈɾacis]; born 29 July 1925) is a Greek composer and lyricist who has contributed to contemporary Greek music with over 1000 works. He scored for the films Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973). He…
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Ioannis Kapodistrias was was a Greek statesman who served as the Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire and was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of Europe. After a long and distinguished career in European politics and diplomacy he was elected as the…
Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler
Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (pronounced [aʁvɛlɛʁ]; Greek: Ελένη Γλύκατζη-Αρβελέρ; born 29 August 1926) is Greek academic Byzantinologist. She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece. In the 2008 show Great Greeks, she was named in the 100 greatest Greeks of all time. She is a corresponding…
Pythagoras
Often called the first of the Greek philosophers, Pythagoras was born in 570 BC on the island of Samos off the coast of present-day Turkey. Legend has it that his earliest days were spent as a disciple of some of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers…
Nikos Kazantzakis
One of the most important Greek writers, poets and philosophers of the 20th century, was born in Iraklion in 1883. In 1906 he graduated from the Athens Law School and continued his studies in Paris (1907-1909). During the Balkan Wars he fought as a volunteer in the…
Pericles
Pericles is perhaps most famous for his great building projects. He wanted to establish Athens as the leader of the Greek world and wanted to build an acropolis that represented the city’s glory. He rebuilt many temples on the acropolis that were destroyed by the Persians. Only in…
Archimedes
Generally considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time, Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying concepts of infinitesimals and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems. In the 3rd Century BC, Archimedes: invented…