Greek Wars

The Quest is the story about a young boy’s dream of someday returning to his family’s home on the island of Crete. Pericles grew up listening to his grandfather tell stories of the Greek myths and life in the family’s former home. His family had come to live in Romania before Pericles was born but he is determined that someday he will go back to Crete himself. By the time Pericles is old enough to embark on his quest, Romania is in Communist hands and it is impossible to leave the country. Determined, Pericles travels on foot, alone through the mountains. Eventually he arrives in ...

Did Helen choose to run off to Troy with Paris, or did he force her to go with him? Two orphans of the Trojan War, the tragic conflict Helen’s elopement or abduction precipitated, search for the answer to one of the oldest questions in history—and discover much more.

The poet Titos Patrikios at 93 years of age certainly can feel content with his many years in poetry from 1940ies to today an eighty year long career of artistic activity; his voluminous work has endured time, has been read and re-read, has received positive comments and reviews as well as criticisms. He has never shied away from showing up anywhere he’s been invited, indeed he has become an icon in the Athens poetic circles and the social dimension of his poetry has been, and still is, a point of reference for both its political overtones, its cultural foundation but also its technical ...

One single moment, one simple decision, is all it takes for destiny to arise and transform a person’s life. For Sebastian Petras, that fateful moment came soon after the Nazis occupied Athens. The decision to shelter British soldiers, who had been left behind enemy lines, forever changed not only his life, but the lives of everyone in his family.

A compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction that draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.

Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather in his idyllic shoreside villa. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no different to so many that have gone before. But someone else is visiting the island that year too: a young German man called Otto. And so begins a summer of innocence lost, and love discovered; one that is finite, but not the end.

Die antiken Griechen haben viele der gesellschaftlichen Strukturen erfunden, die wir heute noch nutzen: dazu gehören beispielsweise die Geschichten der griechischen Mythologie, die wir in Schulen und Hochschulen studieren, die Olympischen Spiele, und vieles mehr.

The demons want Zach. 😈 Ember’s not about to let them have him. Now that Zach’s Seer powers have awakened, Ember knows exactly what Lilith will do—target him. Lil’s not just a demon. She’s the original evil. Ember’s been fighting her since the dawn of time, and somehow, Lil always slips through her fingers. If Ember falls again… Zach will be the first to die. And the rest of her men won’t be far behind. But Ember’s team isn’t just stronger now—they’re 🔥 unstoppable. Zach can see what others can’t 👁️. And with his visions guiding her, Ember may finally ...

Lucius is back in Rome, reunited with his friend Isadora. Together they look after the wild beasts that will hunt, fight, and die in the arena. Lucius' brother, the famous gladiator Quintus Felix, will once again have to face death.