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 pioneer of independent American cinema
[:el]Giannis Cassavetes was one of the founders of independent American cinema, the pioneer of self-financing and self-distribution of films in cinemas, which paved the way for all independent filmmakers, helping them break the ties with dependence by Hollywood and its extreme control of production. He...
The legendary maestro
Dimitris Mitropoulos was born in Athens on February 18, 1896 (by the old Julian calendar) and was from the village of Melissopetrain Gortynia. He was the son of the merchant, John Mitropoulos and Angelica Anagnostopoulou, a housewife, and although he grew up in a middle-class...
A unique personality
A great composer, politician and writer, one of the most important modern Greek composers and one of the most discussed personalities of modern Greece. Michael (Mikis) Theodorakis was born in Chios on July 29, 1925, with a father of origin from Galata, Crete, and a...
The great Greek lyric poet
Angelos Sikelianos was one of the greatest poets and playwrights and he was five times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born on 15 March 1884 in Lefkada, where he spent his childhood. His father was a professor of the French language. In...
Manos Hadjidakis was born on October 23, 1925, in Xanthi, a tobacco-growing town near the northern border of Greece. His father, Yorgos Hadjidakis, a lawyer, hailed from Myrthio, the prefecture of Rethymnon, Crete. His mother, Aliki (Vasiliki), nee Arvanitidou, came from Adrianople. In the words...
One of the top scientists in Genome Sciences
[:el]Georgios Stamatogiannopoulos was a professor of genetics and medicine at Washington University in Seattle, USA, and director of the Markey Molecular Medicine Center. He was internationally recognized as a leading scientist in the field of molecular genetics with more than 400 studies, a member of...
The father of modern Greek literature
Alexandros Papadiamantis is one of the greatest Greek novelist and is regarded as the father of modern Greek literature. He also worked as a journalist and as a translator. Papadiamantis was born on 4 March 1851 on the Greek island of Skiathos. His father was a...
One of the most influential Greek painters of the 19th century
[:el] Nikolaos Gyzis was born in the village of Sklavohori, in Tinos island on the 1st of March 1842, and died in Munich, on the 4th of January 1901. He is considered to be one of the most important Greek painters of the 19th century,...
The poet of peace and love
Nikiforos Vrettakos, is one among the greatest poets and prose writers of Greece. Vrettakos has won a number of prizes and medals and has been nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Nikiforos Vrettakos was born on 1st January 1912 in the village...
One of the most influential puppeteers
[:el] Evgenios Spatharis was an artist of the Greek shadow theatre and one of the most influential puppeteers and also a painter. He was born in Kifissia on January 2nd, 1924. He was on painting and particularly studied the heroes of shadow theatre, as his...