An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...
2,000-year-old Greek statue found abandoned in garbage bag
A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek ...
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Costas Simitis, 2-Time Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 88
Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis ...
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Aphrodite and the Gods of Love
The goddess's body was not fully revealed in Greek art, however, until about 350 B.C., when a sensational cult statue in her temple at Knidos (in present-day Turkey), carved by the sculptor Praxiteles ...
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World’s Oldest Olympic Champion, Agnes Keleti, dies at 103
Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist, has died at age 103. Keleti, a Hungarian gymnast, did not compete in the Olympics until she was 31 in 1956 due to numerous circumstances.
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The Smell of Sweat: Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture
In The Smell of Sweat: Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture, William Blake Tyrrell (Michigan State University) takes on a broader brief. His very detailed and fully referenced discussion of the ...
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Greek and Roman Myths in Art—A Set of 7 Activities
Take your students into the world of Greek and Roman myths—ancient stories about heroes, monsters, gods, and goddesses. Seven activities introduce students to these stories and their characters ...
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Knicks Asset, French Olympic Medalist Signs Greek Extension
Lessort, whose NBA rights currently belong to the Knicks, has agreed to a contract extension with renowned Greek club Panathinaikos ... silver medal last summer's Olympics in Paris, averaging ...