A Few Observations on the Distinctive Features of the Greek Culture The article is devoted to one of the most interesting features of the Greek culture in antiquity, namely for an almost total insensitivity of the Hellenes to sounds and colours of any other language. It is no coincidence that the once-non-pejorative word βάρβαρος over time acquired its current meaning of ‘barbaric/barbarian’, shared by probably all modern languages which take inspiration from classical antiquity. The Greeks, however, were not racist in the contemporary meaning of the word: regardless of origin, (s)he who takes the Hellenic culture, and above all language, for his/her own, becomes Greek. We may find an excellent illustration of this in the life and fortunes ...
The myth of Medea and the Argonauts’ voyage to the faraway Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece be...
An analysis of Thucydides\u2019 most famous statements on the origins of the war between Athens and ...
This paper attempts to analyze and interpret the poem Elpenor, written by the modern Greek poet Taki...
A Few Observations on the Distinctive Features of the Greek CultureThe article is devoted to one of ...
This paper describes cultural policy in Greece from the end of World War II up to the fall of the ju...
The role assigned by the late antique poet Nonnus of Panopolis (mid-fifth century CE) to Modaios, ki...
The purpose of this article is to discuss selected iconographic representations of the sacrifice of ...
In one of the earliest documents of Christianity, in a highly patriarchal society, when addressing G...
This paper will explore the reception of Odysseus’ wanderings in twelfth-century Byzantium. Taking i...
The role assigned by the late antique poet Nonnus of Panopolis (mid-fifth century CE) to Modaios, ki...
Modern Greek poets often imagine interlingual translation as intralingual—that is, as rewording with...
I dedicate this article, in Memoriam, to Professor Sylwester Dworacki, my first guide in Greek texts...
Kazantzakis’ Odyssey – apart from the abundance of philosophical as well as ideological influences o...
The new narrative fragment entitled Eusyene (P.Oxy. LXXXIII 5356) features a named heroine and conta...
In the culture of ancient Greece, the term Paideia (Greek: παιδεία) referred to the upbringing and e...
The myth of Medea and the Argonauts’ voyage to the faraway Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece be...
An analysis of Thucydides\u2019 most famous statements on the origins of the war between Athens and ...
This paper attempts to analyze and interpret the poem Elpenor, written by the modern Greek poet Taki...
A Few Observations on the Distinctive Features of the Greek CultureThe article is devoted to one of ...
This paper describes cultural policy in Greece from the end of World War II up to the fall of the ju...
The role assigned by the late antique poet Nonnus of Panopolis (mid-fifth century CE) to Modaios, ki...
The purpose of this article is to discuss selected iconographic representations of the sacrifice of ...
In one of the earliest documents of Christianity, in a highly patriarchal society, when addressing G...
This paper will explore the reception of Odysseus’ wanderings in twelfth-century Byzantium. Taking i...
The role assigned by the late antique poet Nonnus of Panopolis (mid-fifth century CE) to Modaios, ki...
Modern Greek poets often imagine interlingual translation as intralingual—that is, as rewording with...
I dedicate this article, in Memoriam, to Professor Sylwester Dworacki, my first guide in Greek texts...
Kazantzakis’ Odyssey – apart from the abundance of philosophical as well as ideological influences o...
The new narrative fragment entitled Eusyene (P.Oxy. LXXXIII 5356) features a named heroine and conta...
In the culture of ancient Greece, the term Paideia (Greek: παιδεία) referred to the upbringing and e...
The myth of Medea and the Argonauts’ voyage to the faraway Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece be...
An analysis of Thucydides\u2019 most famous statements on the origins of the war between Athens and ...
This paper attempts to analyze and interpret the poem Elpenor, written by the modern Greek poet Taki...