Author: ckoutsiviti
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Our students invite you to a journey to the roots: traditional music from Greece, Turkey and U.S.A.
Ελληνικά 203 Midterm Assignment Michael Goodyear, Η Αμερική και η Λαἱκή μουσική Λαΐκή μουσική στην Αμερική είναι παράδοση μουσική που έχει τραγουδήσει για τις γενιές. Πολλές φορές μουσική από την Aφρική και την Ευρώπη ήταν μία επιρροή στην Αμερικάνικη μουσική. Υπάρχουν βάσικα δύο τύποι στην Αμερικανική λαΐκή μουσική, τραγούδια της εργασίας και τραγούδια…
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A brief History of Modern Greek Literature in ppt
history of Modern Greek literature
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Presentation of Ποιητικό Αίτιο and its poet
Eno Agolli is a 21 years young poet and student in UChicago majoring at philosophy. He was born in Korytsa, Albania and when he was three years old settled with his parents in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he finished the High School ”Anatolia” with a scholarship. He speaks five languages and Ποιητικό Αίτιο is his first poetic…
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Greek Cinema in UChicago (Fall 2015)
MODERN GREEK CINEMA IN UCHICAGO COBB 218/ 6:00’ p.m. – 8:00’ p.m. TUESDAY 10/20 LITTLE ENGLAND Two Greek sisters fall for the same sturdy sea captain in Little England (Mikra Anglia), a lush melodrama from Pantelis Voulgaris that’s based on the bestseller by the veteran director’s better half, Ioanna Karystiani. A woman’s picture in the most positive sense of…
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10/12/1944: Athens is liberated from the German Nazis
On the 12th of October Athens has celebrated its liberation from German Nazis. Greece was a free country again! In order to learn the historical events of that period and their immense impact on people ‘s life an excellent website is created. It offers all the historical events and a lot of photos of that…
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Speak English using Greek words!
In order to note the big penetration of the Greek into the English language, please, read the speech that Xenophon Zolotas, a Greek economist at the time who later became prime minister of Greek democracy (1989-1990), gave in the International Monetary Fund on 10/02/1959. The whole speech is consisted by English words that all have Greek…
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Why Modern Greek?
29% of the English vocabulary derives from Greek. So, you know the meaning of the 29% words of this ‘’foreign’’ language. It is very important for those who study Classics, Biology, Literature, Linguistics, History and those who want to study Medicine and Law. Classics: Greek is one Language. Modern Greek is…
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Greek vs English: a love story
Many Greek words that are common in English were adopted directly from Greek – this is only 6%- or indirectly from Latin –this is 29%- as Latin had been strongly influenced by Greek. So, 35% of the English vocabulary is Greek! Here are some interesting examples of English words that have Greek origin: English words…
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Log in to Modern Greece
This page contains links to resources that may inform everyone interested in Greek topics about Greece. Most of them can be read in English or in Greek. These links are very useful for those who learn Modern Greek of any level and to researchers as well. Center for Neohellenic studies: http://www.snhell.gr/index.asp Centre for the Greek…
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Theatre: Θέατρο<θεώμαι=to see, θέα, θέαση=view
The art of theatre has been invented by the ancient Greeks in the area of Athens in the fifth century A.D. Greeks still love theatre and they frequent the innumerous theatrical scenes created mostly in big cities such as Athens and Thesaloniki. But every summer in all the places of Greece, in small villages, in…