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 Patriarch of rebetiko song
Markos Vamvakaris is acknowledged as one, if not the most influential Greek rebetiko musicians who established the orchestra of bouzoukis and baglamas. His recorded songs are over 200, recorded mainly on vinyl records of 78 rpm during the years between 1933 and 1956. Vamvakaris was...
The lord of “bouzouki”
George Zampetas was born on January 25, 1925 in Athens. He originated from Kythnos. He created more than 250 songs and collaborated with leading singers such as Tolis Voskopoulos, Marinella, Dimitris Mitropanos, Vicky Moscholiou Stamatis Kokotas, Duchess, Poly Panou, Stelios Kazantzidis, Manolis Kanaridis, Prodromos Tsaousakis...
The most influential personality in world opera
Maria Callas was the most significant leading figure of international opera. Her emblematic voice and leading light is still a point of reference for artists and lovers of opera today. Her excellent melodramatic talent, her melodic quality and remarkable voice range of three octaves, led...
His love for Greece changed the Greek poetry
Born Odysseus Alepoudelis on November 2nd, 1911, in Heraklion on the island of Crete, with origins in Mytilene, Odysseus Elytis is his literary alias. Some of his famous poems are Worthy it Is, Sun the First, Orientations and many more. He’s acknowledged as one of...
The pioneer researcher who saved millions of women
Georgios Papanikolaou, the son of the Kymi based doctor Nikolaos Papanikolaou and later Mayor and Deputy of Evia and Karystia, demonstrated his aptitude for science since his early age. After concluding his high school studies, he enrolled in the Medicine School of the University of...
The prophet and visionary of the Internet
Born in November 5th , 1936 in Athens, Michael Dertouzos felt the cruelty of war, hunger and misery, being the family’s head, as named by his father Leonidas, a naval officer from Andros, who was often away from home on a duty mission either to...
The Greek photojournalist-legend who made history
Yannis Behrakis was a Greek photojournalist and head of the photographic department of the Reuters news agency in Greece. With his lens, he captured the most important political, military, sporting and social events of the past 30 years, such as wars in various parts of...
Defender of Human Rights
In his autobiography, Nelson Mandela calls George Bizos, «brother», describing him as a child of Greek immigrants, who combines «an emotional character, with an acute mind. He himself does not enjoy the pompous titles, even if he carries deservedly the honorary title «Ambassador of Hellenism»...