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Greece Is the Word
The Day’s Most Fascinating News Stories from Throughout the Greek Diaspora
Vol 20, 11 MAY 2021
This edition sponsored by the American College of Thessaloniki. Click on their logo (YOUR CURSOR MAY NOT CHANGE TO A HAND—CLICK ANYWAY) to visit their website:
A bumblebee in Tristeno, Greece glittering magically as it gets its fill of pollen. What have you planted in your garden or windowbox lately to be a friend to bees and other pollinators? (Photo Credit: Michalis Mantelos @mmantelos)
1.
THERE IS ONLY ONE CLASSICS DEPT. LEFT IN AN HBCU
And it’s on the chopping block. Why should anyone care?
2.
NO TRAVEL PLANS, BUT NEED AN ESCAPE?
Try these books based on ancient Greek myths.
3.
THINKING ABOUT WHEN TO HEAD TO GREECE?
There’s never a bad time to go to Greece, but here is a month-by-month breakdown from Lonely Planet about what each month has to offer.
4.
THE ODYSSEY
Or you could always try to retrace Odysseus’s steps, like this woman did.
5.
SAY IT AIN’T SO, HOMER(S)
“Born middle-class in Oakland in 1902, Milman Parry became famous posthumously for his idea that The Odyssey and The Iliad, thought by many to have been written by an individual human being named “Homer,” were actually the accumulated results of centuries of oral performance by different people.”
6.
LET’S PLAY (SAID LIKE THE AUDIENCE YELLS “WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!”) GREEN! YOUR! PARISH!
We love that the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is doing this “How-to” Green Your Parish video series. This edition’s Bravo Sou Award goes to them. (Read more about their “Greening the Parish” initiative here, and search for “how to green your parish” on YouTube to watch more episodes of “How-to” Green Your Parish as they are released.)
7.
STAMMER, STAMMER, ORATE
Demosthenes wasn’t born a great orator. He had to practice. A lot.
8.
STRONG GREEK WOMAN
Stella Theodore Manios just celebrated her 104th birthday. Her “baby brother,” 92-year-old former SC Lt. Gov. Nick Theodore, was the only man invited to the celebration. Stella has lived through two pandemics and two world wars, and she is still dancing. Opa!
9.
THESE LEGO MASTERS GOT THE SPARTAN SPIRIT RIGHT (IF NOT THE HISTORY)
“Unfortunately for these hopeful Lego Masters, the city of Sparta was not famous in the ancient world for its walls — but for its lack of them.”
10.
OUR LIFE STORIES
We here at Greece Is The Word are committed to preserving Greek American history one life story at a time. We failed to capture our father's extraordinary life story in his own words before he died, and we don't want others to make that same irreversible mistake. We are currently scheduling 60-90-minute Zoom interviews, and the price is $195. Check out a sample clip here, and reach out to us if you’d like to discuss.
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Opa!
Peter and the Greece Is the Word Crew