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BBC – Culture Homer’s Odyssey has topped our poll of 100 Stories that Shaped the World. Natalie Haynes looks at why the epic poem has survived for millennia. By Natalie Haynes 22 May 2018 – For further reading…

Two very good students of our Center of Greek Language and Culture “ALEXANDER THE GREAT”, Farzaneh and Behnam from Iran, gave us a wonderful gift, which we will place in our section of Homer’s books in the library of our

A very nice and useful book for those who are interested in Homer has been published years ago by the Ithaca Friends of Homer Association. Our friend Giorgos Lekakis has written it. It is worthwhile reading it and having it

In Athens this year, many recitations of the Odyssey happened in the context of ODYSSEIA 2018. Specifically, every day from October 21 to October 31, 2018, old and new students, professors, collaborators of the “Alexander the Great” Center of Greek

For many years, the Franco-Hellénique de Midi-Pyrénées has been working with the Center for Greek Language and Culture “Alexander the Great” with the exchange of books, educational methods, etc. Based in Toulouse, the club and its members are Greeks or

JANUARY 19, 2019 AT CARAVEL HOTEL, MACEDONIA HALL FROM 16:00 UP TO 18:00 Like last year, we will present the events that took place in Greece and abroad for ODYSSEY 2018 this year and at the same time we will

For a second time this year the activities of the international program “THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS” have taken place from October 21 to 31st in a lot of locations in and out of Greece. We have not received yet detailed

During the week of 15-21 October 2018, the Odyssey readings were organized in Turku, Finland. Turku is the second largest city in Finland and the first capital of the country. In Turku there is a Greek-Finnish assosiation, a “School” of

The Junior High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures is the only school in Bulgaria where Ancient Greek and Latin are taught, and it is considered to be the best school in Bulgaria. We had been discussing their participation in

For the first time this year, we had a participation in the events of “Return of Odysseus” from a High school in Barcelona. In particular, at the Institut Ventura Gassol, Ancient Greek Professor Concepcion Hernandez, with her students, recited the