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📜 The year 2024 marks 200 years since the death of the great romantic poet Lord Byron, who died at the age of 36 in the besieged Greek town of Missolonghi.![]()
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📯 The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (Εταιρεία για τον Ελληνισμό και Φιλελληνισμό) and the Μουσείο Φιλελληνισμού / Philhellenism Museum have declared 2024 as the “YEAR OF LORD BYRON AND PHILHELLENISM” with the aim of highlighting and honoring the great British Philhellene and the important contribution of Philhellenism internationally, through a series of actions and events, including exhibitions, conferences, publications and student competitions.![]()
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📚 On this occasion, read more about Byron, and other Philhellenes, via GNA:![]()
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✒️ On one of Byron's last poems, written in Missolonghi![]()
www.greeknewsagenda.gr/poem-byron/![]()
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🎞 On Nikos Koundouros’ film "Byron, A Ballad for a Daemon"![]()
www.greeknewsagenda.gr/byron-ballad-for-a-daemon-the-heretic-of-view-of-nikos-koundouros/![]()
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🇬🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸 And a tribute to American and British Philhellenes![]()
www.greeknewsagenda.gr/philhellenes/
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Greek cuisine is a unique mosaic of flavors shaped by various influences over the centuries. Regarded as one of the healthiest diets in the world, Greek cuisine is defined by the country’s geography...
What can the Greek classics teach us about leadership?![]()
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The Embassy of Greece in Washington and the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage present a thought-provoking lecture:![]()
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"Journey of the Minds and the Future of Leadership: Reading the Greek Classics"![]()
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🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Norman Sandridge Associate Professor of Classics, Howard University and co-founder of Kallion: Elevating Leadership through the Humanities![]()
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🗓️ Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023![]()
🕡 Time: 6:30 pm (USA GMT-5)![]()
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📍 Venue: The Embassy of Greece (2217 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008)![]()
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ℹ & RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6yhZ7Dnw1nqQUqtKN_RwMcjsjyWanCs1UlQjSCk0awO9_JQ/viewform?pli=1![]()
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Read Rethinking Greece's recent interview with Dr. Sandridge on the place of classics in the modern world and the ways in which ancient thinkers can still shape the notion of leadership in contemporary societies: www.greeknewsagenda.gr/norman-sandridge/