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Our mission is to create a greater awareness and understanding of the extraordinary achievements of Greek culture from antiquity to the present. The logo of The Greek Institute depicts a Preclassical Athena surrounded by the words: ARETE SOPHIA TECHNE We believe that there is a continuity of the Greek language, literature, and arts from antiquity to the present, and that the values of ARETE (a striving for excellence); SOPHIA (the wisdom of Greek culture); and TECHNE (the expression of one's aesthetic sensibility); are cornerstones of Greek culture. All the programs and events of The Greek Institute are designed to reflect these values. They also reveal the strong presence of Greek culture in Western civilization. The Greek Institute is an independent, non-profit (501C3) cultural and educational institution. It was founded in 1988 by well known educator and translator, Athan H. Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D. It is governed and advised by individuals of Greek descent and Philhellenes, who are dedicated to the success of its programs and long-term goals. It is supported by private donations, corporate and foundation grants, memberships, and revenues from its programs and classes.

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Christopher King: Lament from Epirus

Fri, Jun 22, 2018

In a gramophone shop in Istanbul, renowned record collector Christopher C. King uncovered some of the strangest—and most hypnotic—sounds he had ever heard. The songs, King learned, were from Epirus, an area straddling southern Albania and northwestern Greece and boasting a folk tradition extending back to the pre-Homeric era. Lament from Epirus is an unforgettable journey into a musical obsession. As King hunts for two long-lost virtuosos—one of whom may have committed a murder—he also tells the story of the Roma people who pioneered Epirotic folk music and their descendants who continue the tradition today.

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Therese Sellers: The Athena Seminars

Mon, Oct 24, 2016

From the Athena Seminars: Therese Sellers will present her English translation of Aeolic Land by Ilias Venezis. The work explores the refugee problem of the time and is relevant to the refugee crisis of today.

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Vienna: Birthplace of the Greek Press

Mon, Mar 07, 2016

**Dr. Manolis Paraschos**, journalism historian at Emerson College, discusses the history of Vienna’s dynamic and wealthy Greek community of the 18th and 19th centuries and how this community saw it as its patriotic duty to keep the enslaved mainland Greeks educated. Despite opposition by the Ottoman government, Vienna soon became a publishing center for expatriate Greeks and attracted some of the biggest names of those who planned the 1821 Greek Revolution against Turkey. The first four Greek newspapers and two magazines were published in Vienna starting in 1790. The first newspaper in mainland Greece was started in Kalamata in 1821. Dr. Paraschos presents an authentic copy of one of these first Greek newspapers, as well as other original British and American newspapers of the time. **Rhea Lesage**, Librarian for Hellenic Studies and Coordinator for the Classics for Widener Library at Harvard University, introduces Dr. Paraschos. (Image: Helios newspaper, 1833 [Public domain], via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helios_newspaper_27_June_1833_issue_no2_p1d_straight.jpg "Helios 1833"), image cropped)

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Trojan Women

Mon, Feb 22, 2016

Francis Blessington is an award-winning author and professor of English at Northeastern University. His translation of Euripides' Trojan Women, won the Der-Hovanessian Prize for Translation (2011). This is his translation of Trojan Women along with Euripides' Hecuba and Helen.

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Greek Consul General: Understanding the Refugee Crisis

Mon, Oct 19, 2015

Iphigenia Kanara is the Greek Consul General in Boston. She visited The Greek Institute to discusses the current refugee crisis, particularly how Greece and other members of the EU are dealing with the numbers, and to explain prospective ways we can aid the displaced masses.

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Englished with a Greek Accent

Mon, Jun 08, 2015

Professor Francis Blessington, poet and author, will give a brief talk on the ancient Greek playwright Euripides and his famous play Hippolytus. Following the talk, there will be a dramatic reading of the opening scenes of Hippolytus. Readers include Francis Blessington, Angeliki Asprouli, Patrick Downie, Rhea Lesage, Daphne Nayer, Helen Nayer, and Therese Sellers.

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Therese Sellers: Alpha Is For Anthropos

Mon, Mar 17, 2014

Therese Sellers introduced "Alpha is for Anthropos," a unique book consisting of twenty-four original nursery rhymes in Ancient Greek, which aim to teach a basic Greek vocabulary, and are also accompanied by original illustrations by Lucy Bell.This book is for anyone, child or adult, who would like an introduction to the riches of Ancient Greek language, art, and thought.

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Francis Blessington: The Greek Chorus and Alternative Tragedies

Mon, May 19, 2014

Francis Blessington is a professor of English at Northeastern University. He has published verse translations of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs, a verse play, Lorenzo de' Medici, Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic, and Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic, as well as a novel, The Last Witch of Dogtown, and two books of poems, Wolf Howl and Lantskip. His poem, "Reflected Absence" won first Place in The Freedom Tower/World Trade Center NY Poetry Competition (2009). His translation of Euripides' Trojan Women, won the Der-Hovanessian Prize for Translation (2011). His translation of Trojan Women along with Euripides' Hecuba and Helen will be published soon by The University of Oklahoma Press.

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