Smyrna, September 1922: A young Anatolian Greek is taken prisoner at the end of the Greek-Turkish war and marched off into the interior. He recount...

This illustrated history of paper invites children to jump aboard a paper boat that travels from China to Samarkand, Mexico to Paris, and many stop...

"That one came alone, from some place else. He came slowly, following his own path. A white angel with jet-black wings!"Kostas Karyotakis is the po...

Derided and maligned more than any other Greek artist for his innovative and, at the time, often incomprehensible modernist experiments, Engonopou...

Fey Folk is characteristic of Papadiamandis's work. Its characters are quaint, simple-hearted folk living their humble lives in accordance with cen...

It is the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and Chrysovalantis -- a chronically unsuccessful but enthusiastic employee of the publishing indust...

Pythagoras (ca 585 BC - 495 BC), a a philosopher, mathematician and musical theoretician wrote nothing down during the course of his life, not even...

The Greek folk songs "Dimotika Tragoudia in Greek" are songs of the Greek countryside, from island towns to mountain villages. They have been passe...

Greek folk tales descend from Aesop and Greek antiquity, as well as medieval storytelling in the pivotal south-east Mediterranean world that linked...

Greek philosopher Epicurus defined philosophy as 'a daily business of speech and thought to secure happiness'. He believed happiness to be the goal...

The poetry of Odysseus Elytis owes as much to the ancients and Byzantium, as to the surrealists of the 1930s and the architecture of the Cyclades, ...

"Of all existing things, some are in our power, and others are not in our power". So begins the Enchiridion or Manual on the Art of Living of Epic...

Georgios Vizyenos (1849-1896) is one of Greece's best-loved writers. Moskov Selim is set in Thrace, a corner of Europe where Greece, Turkey and Bul...

Like the constellations in the sky, words such as "aphrodisiac", "hubris", "museum", "galaxy" and "mentor" each contain within them a story, if on...

Great historical events are never anonymous -- they sweep anyone in their path into the fray. Kevin Danaher, a foreign correspondent in Moscow, wi...

Often compared during his lifetime to T.S. Eliot, whose work he translated and introduced to Greece, George Seferis is noted for his spare, laconic...

Happiness is not a comfortable state of well-being, but an energetic and carefully considered endeavour to lead a rich and meaningful li...

Roïdes' irreverent, witty and delightful novel tells the story of Joan who, according to a popular medieval legend, ascended to the Papal Throne as...

The songs in this book are a sampling of the urban folk songs of Greece during the first half of the 20th century. They are the creative expression...

Andreas Laskaratos (1811-1901), a prominent figure in modern Greek letters, was a writer and poet, a social thinker and, in many ways, a controvers...

Cavafy is by far the most translated and most well-known Greek poet internationally. His work exists in multiple translations in a wide range of la...

Vrettakos's poems are firmly rooted in the Greek landscape and coloured by the Greek light, yet their themes and sentiment are ecumenical. His gard...

This novel follows the journey of a group of Greek refugees who were displaced from their homeland in Asia Minor and settled in the summer of 1923 ...

Cook like a Greek! Savour delightful, nourishing dishes and enjoy a healthy diet, the Mediterranean way! An easy to follow, step by step guide ...