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IRENE PAPAS,the modern embodiment of classic Greek plays.Her great tragic face so fiercely beautiful that it limited her roles in Hollywood.Still well remembered from Zorba the Greek Guns of Navarone as well as The Brotherhood.Her appearance in the 1969 Academy Award winner, Z, directed by Costa-Gavras,was as much political statement as performance.Her name means Peace in Greek

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YourForum > Architas Invents The First Flying Machine

In the 425 B.C, Archytas of Tarentum, mathematician and philosopher, friend of Plato, manufactured the first flying machine in world history. He called it "pigeon" (petomijani) or "a machine that flies". The wooden pigeon movements were controlled by a jet of steam or compressed air and flew a distance of 200m. Once the pigeon touched the ground it wasn't able to take off again. #history #greece

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by Nikolaos Gyzis, Yantes

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Georgios Papanicolaou -- Medical doctor.He studied at the University of Athens , Ph.D from the University of Munich, known for his invention of the Papanicolaou Test , commonly known as the PAP TEST , used worldwide and saving the lives of millions of women.

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ΟΙ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΕLLY'S

Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΣ ΜΟΥ: ΟΙ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΕLLY'S

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Maria Callas at La Traviata-Covent Garden

The world's oldest computer: An exhibition, entitled "The Wreck of Antikythera: The Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism", was launched on April 6 at the National Archaeological Museum. The wreck was found in 1900 by a sponge diver, at a depth of 42m off the island of Antikythera. The exhibition includes, what scientist say, is the world's first calculator. The device, which dates from 150-100 BC, is an ancient mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions and serve as a navi...

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John Cassavetes, Greek-American filmmaker.

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YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOMED

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HELLAS ELLHNWN

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“...gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly...” Sappho, ancient Greek lyric poet. She was born on the isle of Mytilini and lived in the 7th Century BC Sculptures from the new Acropolis Museum in Athens

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DISCOVERED IN 1908, THE "PHAISTOS DISK" COMES TO US FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF PHAISTOS IN CRETE. IT'S FROM THE MINOAN PERIOD & DATES BACK TO 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. AND HAS YET TO BE DECIPHERED.

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APOD: 2011 January 9 - The Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism was found on an ancient sunken Greek ship. Using X-rays scientists discovered this mechanism to be a mechanical computer of an accuracy thought impossible in 80 BC, the date the ship sank. Such sophisticated technology was not thought to be developed by humanity for another 1000 years. Its wheels and gears create a portable orrery of the sky that predicted star & planet locations as well as lunar & solar eclipses. It is about the size of a large book.