Greece

With Lena Papaligoura, recent winner of the Melina Mercouri Award in the main role and other well-known actors such as Vicky Papadopoulou, Christos Sapountzis, Lydia Fotopoulou and Orfeas Avgoustidis , Sophocles' Antigone will be presented only for 15 performances...

The education ministry rejected press reports on Thursday that the Institute of Educational Policy was planning to remove the teaching of Sophocles’ classic play “Antigone” from the high school curriculum. “No such proposal has been officially submitted,” the ministry said,...

An award-winning Irish novelist has said his new book -- set in the violent world of ancient Greece -- was written with the Syrian war in mind. Colm Toibin, whose novel Brooklyn was adapted into an Oscar-nominated Hollywood movie in...

Greece's major cultural event, the 61st Athens and Epidaurus Festival, is full of youth this year with 80 performances at a number of venues from mid-June to mid-August this year. Events take place at the little and large Epidaurus...

One of the most important Greek theater and cinema actresses, Voula Zouboulaki, passed away on Monday afternoon at the age of 91 years old. Zouboulaki came from Chania in Crete, but she was born in Egypt on September 24,...

It is common knowledge that the foundation of western society derives from ancient Greece and more specifically from scripts of the ancient Greek scientist and philosophers whose writings have survived more or less complete. Listed below are ten ancient...

The artistic world of Greece has lost one of its greats, theater director and actor, Lefteris Vogiatzis, who passed away at the age of 68. With his hand over his heart and deeply touched, Lefteris Vogiatzis bowed last August before...

For those living or vacationing this month in Cyprus, now is a good time to experience an abundance of Ancient Greek drama performances. The 16th Annual International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama began in Limassol last week and runs until...