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Greece Is the Word
The Day’s Most Fascinating News Stories from Throughout the Greek Diaspora
Vol 8, 24 nov 2020
We stand joyously and fully alive in the present moment, looking forward with great anticipation to the bright, healthy future ahead…
1.
DON’T LOSE YOUR HEAD
Just another work day in Athens. Construction workers found a bust from around 300 BC.
2.
GIORGOS
I never would have guessed that a story about a phyllo dough maker in Crete would move me to tears.
3.
IN JEOPARDY
Odds aren’t amazing for a Greek to be the next Jeopardy host, but we’ve at least got one in the race. RIP Alex Trebek. Thank you for the good works you did on screen and off.
4.
STRAY CATS
Not talking about the 80’s band that had the hit “Stray Cat Strut,” but the Netflix documentary coming out next year about the stray cats of Syros.
5.
STONIE
Is back with sports. And he is on fuego.
6.
EDUCATION
The purpose of education in Ancient Greece was to produce good citizens. Want to hear what an educated, good citizen sounds like? Check out Nicholas Christakis on the Joe Rogan podcast.
7.
ΖΩΗ/LIFE
“I do not care if I walk again, what matters is that I am alive,” says Antonis Tsapatakis.
8.
SOLIDARITY
This edition’s Bravo Sou Awards go out to thirty-three brave nurses and two young artists. In the face of a global pandemic and a devastating earthquake, these good people inspire us all.
9.
SOUND CHECK
Acoustically speaking — and yes, “acoustically” comes from a Greek word — there is no better theater in the world.
10.
TRIVIA
We can’t reference Jeopardy and not have a trivia section in this edition. The first reader who responds correctly to both of the following two questions will get a Greece Is The Word t-shirt sent her or his way.
It was National Baklava Day on the 17th of this month. Why do Greeks make baklava with 33 layers? Hint: It has nothing to do with the lunar-solar cycle taking 33 years.
What is the national animal of Greece? Hint: It’s not the bison.
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