Myths
People leaving or having Greece as a starting point, managed to accomplish great things on an international level. Personalities of Literature, Arts and Sciences. Greeks ‘Myths, immortals, ambassadors of Hellenism across the Universe.
The woman who made history
Awarded artist, an active politician, in love with her country, a fascinating personality which created history both in our country and abroad. Melina Mercouri, who with her struggles and love for the nation and the culture of Greece, made the people worship her and managed...
Chronis Exarchakos: The great actor who gave soul to comedy
Chronis Exarchakos was one of the most distinctive figures of Greek theater and cinema. An actor of immense talent, he managed to leave an indelible mark, even if he was not always given leading roles. With his rapid speech, unique facial expressions, and effortless sense...
Dido Sotiriou: A Life Written with the Wounds of Hellenism
Dido Sotiriou was born in Aydın, Asia Minor, on February 18, 1909, the daughter of Evangelos Pappas and Marianthi Papadopoulou. In 1919, her family settled in Smyrna and, after the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922, they became refugees in Piraeus and later in Athens. The...
A Nobel Prize awarded Greek poet
George Seferis is one of the most important Greek poets. Seferis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. His real name was Georgios Seferiades. He was born on 13 March 1900 in Smyrna, Asia Minor. He attended school in Smyrna and finished his studies at the Gymnasium...
The most distinguished sculptor of modern Greece
Yannoulis Chalepas was the most notable sculptor of modern Greece and his work has been influencing young sculptors in Greece and abroad. Chalepas’s work is divided in three periods. The first period, 1870-1878, covers the years of his youth and later mental illness. The second...
Viktor Sarianidis – A legend of the world’s archaeology
Archeologist Viktor Sarianidi, the “poet of archeology”, gained international recognition for his excavation work in Afghanistan, where he discovered the ancient necropolis and its treasure, Tilly Tepe, and Turkmenistan. A legend in world archeology, the Greek Pontian of Tashkent left an indelible imprint on the...
Attik: The artist who left his mark on Athens’ light music scene and the famous “Mantra”
Versatile, romantic, restless, and deeply emotional, Attik was one of the most emblematic figures of Greek light music. Composer, lyricist, pianist, master of ceremonies, and actor, he managed to create a unique artistic universe in interwar Athens, with his famous Mandrα at its center. Through...
The versatile architect of the “Generation of the 1930s” who remodeled the most historic Athenian landscape
Dimitris Pikionis was one of the most important artistic figures of the first half of the 20th century in Greece, leaving his mark in Athens, as an architect, a painter, a philosopher, a poet and an academic professor. He is mostly known for the design...
Nikos Tsiforos – The chronicler of the Greek soul
In a Greece struggling to stand tall after war and poverty, Nikos Tsiforos managed to bring laughter where bitterness prevailed. Born in Alexandria in 1909, he grew up in Athens and began writing stories from a very young age. He studied law, practiced as a...
George Sarri: The author who spoke to the hearts of children and teenagers
Georges Sarri gave voice to generations of children who sought truth, hope and justice in worlds full of uncertainty. With language that was direct, emotional yet deeply political, she managed to connect the individual with the collective, trauma with resistance, loss with hope. A life...