This Updates-Newsletter covers the period between March and July 2009
The present translation of the Iliad will, it is hoped, be found to convey, more accurately than others the words and thoughts of the original.
Including an introduction to the Odyssey.
Including also a Summary, The movement overarching the Odyssey, The Cycle, Structure of the Odyssey, Structural analogy between Iliad and Odyssey.
From Elpenor's Greek Forum: Hofmann's Greek Etymological Dictionary * Struggling to learn Koine Greek * Sermons of Elder Ephraim of Mount Athos * Never Close Your Eyes - in Greek * pleroma * The primacy of the pope and the East * Desert Fathers by Chryssavgis *
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July 25: Knossos, Evans and de Chirico 21: Sudjic: We Still Need Great Architecture 16: Congress of Modern Greek Language and Culture - Call for Papers 16: Hellenic Studies Center - University of Rhode Island 15: Non-muslims in muslim countries 11: Obama, Islam, and the Renaissance
June 23: The most important feature of the Hellenistic age 22: The New Acropolis Museum - Like looking at a family picture 22: Macedonia as a leading part of Greece 22: We should have the Acropolis as complete as possible 21: The stolen sculptures and the English people 21: Scholars against the fabrication of history 19: The new Acropolis museum opens officially 19: Constantinople - The City of the Holy Wisdom 18: Multiculturalism is ignorance and ugliness 18: Influences of Byzantine Art and Architecture 17: A note on politics and religion 17: A Byzantine Shield over Europe 16: Corpus Juris Civilis - A Roman gift to the world 15: Byzantine cartographic science - some conclusions 11: What is the secret of the popularity of Cavafy?
May 28: Are You Interested? 27: The 22nd International Congress on Byzantium 23: A culture can not be complete without real faith 10: Learning Greek without reason! 07: Chateaubriant: Christianity is not a belief
April 27: Christians without hope! 18: I Am David - A movie for the power of meaning 15: Yevgeny Rodionov, a modern martyr 07: Obama and the american dream - do we want that? March 31: Bultman and the ungratefulness of ancient Greeks
July 27: The Sky of the Archangel 26: Archangel Michael Monastery in Pella 25: Icon of Archangel Michael in Pella 24: From Inside the Monastery of Archangel Michael 23: Falls Man in Loutraki 22: Bridges of Aliakmon 21: Trees of Aliakmon 06: Hato point of view in Corfu 03: Kids above the lake with swords 02: Lichnos beach below the Green 01: Amvrakia Shore Tree
June 30: River Acheloos and Clouds 29: Infinity Door 28: In the arms of Santorini 27: Talking in the sunset 26: Sea roads of Nafplio 23: People of Loutraki Baths 18: Kaniaris, Walled Dresses 17: Perdikidis, Soldiers 16: Tsouhlos, Nature of Leonidion 15: Apotsos, Swords 14: Gounaridis, To the City 14: Asteriadis, Piraeus in different colors 10: Akrithakis, Listening to the Symbols 08: Boulgoura, Watching 07: Migadis, Family 06: Moschidis, Let Her Grow 01: As I am leaving Corfu 01: Swans of Kommeno
May 22: Apollonia Tower 22: Man in Green 22: Colors of Evros 22: Bird of Evros 22: St Nicholas in Evros Delta 22: Fresco of the Salvation 22: Towers of Panaghia 22: Mother of God Cosmosotera 22: Columns of Panaghia Cosmosotera 22: Window of Panaghia Cosmosotera 22: Alexandroupolis coast 22: Rocky clouds of Alexandroupolis 22: Greek Tombstone 22: Visions of Samothrace 22: Traianoupolis limits 19: Smoke of Meteora 19: View of Meteora 09: Dodona sky 09: Entering the yard of St. Varvara Church 09: St Stefanos Cape 09: Woman of Lefkada 09: Lefkada cats 09: The Yellow Green of St Niketas 09: Colors of St Niketas gardens 09: Life of St Niketas village 09: Clouds of St Niketas 09: Lighthouse of Lefkada 09: Leukada drive 09: Waters of St Niketas 09: St Niketas beach 08: A beach cat 08: St Nicholas Island 08: Christ in Lefkada 08: Grivas fort in Lefkada 08: Lefkada Lagoon 08: Boats and houses of Lefkada 08: Lefkada town sunset 08: Gyra beach in Lefkada 08: On the road to Gyra 07: Colors of Tyrintha 07: Secret school of Nauplio 07: Bell of the All Holy 07: All Holy of Nauplio 07: Syntagma houses 07: Left to die 07: Learning in Nauplio 07: The Christ of St Spyridon 07: St Spyridon in Nauplio 07: Nauplio boats 07: Green earth of Nauplio 07: A closer look to the beauty 07: White (almost) Beauty of Nauplio 07: Nauplio walls 07: They watch in pairs 07: Nauplio Corner 07: Windows of Nauplio 07: They come from the sea 07: Eye of Nauplio 07: In the Darkness of Nauplio 07: Beautiful after all these years 07: Pair in orange and red 06: Children of Nauplio 06: To the sea of Nauplio 06: Walking in the streets of Nauplio 06: Bourzi View
April 18: Unknown Blossom 16: Aghia Paraskevi in Mandio 16: Vonitsa Castle 16: Light of St Nicholas 16: St Nicholas church in Vonitsa 16: Bird of St Nicholas 16: Prayer of the Olive Fields 16: Preveza houses 16: Sunset at Zeros Lake 16: Early Spring in Zeros Lake 16: Zerou Lake in Dark and White 10: 12th c. Icon of St John the Theologian in Patmos 07: Corfu Fortress 07: Corfu tops 07: Spianada Square Overview 07: Solomos in the Spianada of Corfu 07: Another view of Skrypero 07: Sidari Rocks 07: Maitland Peristyle in Corfu 07: Palace of the Saints in Corfu 07: Trees of Corfu 06: Corfu Old Port 06: Statue of Kapodistrias in Corfu 06: Ionian Academy in Corfu 06: Kapodistrias house in Corfu 06: Mother of God in Corfu 06: Old building of Corfu 06: Corfu old houses 06: Corfu Fortress 06: 25th of March in Corfu 06: Another Sunset in Corfu 06: Corfu sunset 06: Clouds of Avliotes
New Poems @ The Writing Community
New @ The David Copperfield Community (selections) : Title of "Master" in David Copperfield * Favorite DC Adaptation? * New DC Tribute * David Copperfield on The Waltons!?! * Last days of David`s mother * When does David die? * Takes on David Copperfield * Uriah Heep and Dystonia * History Report *
July 26: Bang Gang, Ghosts From the Past - Ways of Inspiration 26: Dave Matthews Band 2009: Big Whiskey & The GrooGrux King 24: Mozart Route - A European Itinerary 01: Spinet, Virginal and Harpsichord
June 30: Clavichord and the Art of Bach 30: Barenboim, Beethoven and Berlioz in Athens, 2009 29: Playing the Piano: Strength of finger must be coupled with strength of thought 28: The thrill of being present at a great concert 28: Bruch - 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (Henk de Graaf) 28: Placebo 2009 - The Recovery (Battle For The Sun) 16: Robin Pecknold: file sharing taught us music 15: Jazz was important once.. 14: Piano - The tone formation and production 12: Piano: A universal substitute 11: Piano: A lack of sustaining power 10: Significance of the piano 09: Gluck and Vestris 08: Ballet music 07: Serenades 06: Overtures 05: Cadenzas
May 28: Prokofiev, The diaries of a life 23: Characteristics of the Symphonic Poem 23: Saint Saens extending the formal boundaries of a symphony 13: What is Rock / Essential Rock Quotes 10: Inventing Bonds of Union in Symphonies 08: The movements of a symphony 07: Gaspard of Perlemuter 06: The Promise, by Vassilis Tsabropoulos (ECM) 05: Best of Keith Jarrett - Musicon’s Selections from 123 Keith Jarrett CDs
April 27: Rediscovering vinyl 27: James MacMillan: Dawkins is a crap philosopher 11: Morrissey, I Have Forgiven Jesus 10: Jarrett, Peacock deJohnette - Yesterdays (2009): A Great Disappointment 10: Structure of a Symphony 10: Sonata - Concerto - Symphony 09: Appearance of the Symphony 07: A conductor does more than keeping the time 04: The Conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra 04: Percussion
July 27: Evelyn-White, The Trojan Cycle of poems 26: Evelyn-White, The Ionic School of Epic poetry 25: Evelyn-White, Date of the Hesiodic Poems 24: Evelyn-White, The Theogony of Hesiod 23: Evelyn-White, On The Works and Days of Hesiod 22: Evelyn-White, Life of Hesiod 02: Greece Becomes A Roman Province 01: Philopoemen
June 30: The War Of The Two Leagues 29: Death of Agis 14: Division in Sparta 11: The Achaean League 10: Demetrius and the Athenians 09: The Battle of Ipsus 08: The Colossus of Rhodes 07: Demetrius defeats Cassander 06: Phocion, the Last of the Athenians 05: Death of Demosthenes 02: The Division of Alexander’s Realm
May 29: Death of Alexander the Great 29: Return to Babylon 29: Alexander defeats Porus 29: Mistakes of Alexander 27: Alexander and the death of Darius 23: Alexander in the African Desert and Arbela 23: Alexander at Jerusalem 23: Alexander at Tyre 23: Royal Captives of Alexander 15: Alexander nearly loses his life 15: Alexander and the Gordian Knot 15: Alexander’s Brilliant Beginning 15: Alexander and Diogenes 15: Alexander as King 10: Alexander and Aristotle 10: The Steed Bucephalus 10: Birth of Alexander 10: Philip Unites Greece 10: The Orator Demosthenes 10: Philip Begins his Conquests 10: Philip of Macedon 10: Death of Dion 10: Civil War in Syracuse 10: Dion and Dionysius invite Plato 10: The Sword of Damocles 08: Story of Damon and Pythias 08: The Tyrant οf Syracuse 08: Battle οf Mantinea 08: Death οf Pelopidas 08: Battle οf Leuctra 08: Thebes Free Once More
April 14: The Theban Friends 14: The Peace of Antalcidas 14: Agesilaus and Pharnabazus - A Strange Interview 14: Agesilaus in Asia 14: The Retreat of the Ten Thousand 14: The Defeat of Cyrus 14: Death of Socrates 13: Accusation of Socrates 13: The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants 13: Death of Alcibiades 13: Alcibiades in Disgrace 13: Greek Colonies in Italy 13: Youth of Alcibiades 13: Alcibiades 13: Socrates 13: The Plague, Hippocrates, and the Death of Pericles 13: Beginning of the Peloponnesian War 13: The Teachings of Anaxagoras 12: The Age of Pericles 10: The earthquake and the revolt of the slaves 10: Cimon and Pericles 10: Cimon Improves Athens 10: Aristides the Just and the Athenian unkindness 10: Themistocles in Persia 10: Death of Pausanias 07: The Rebuilding of Athens 04: The Battles of Salamis and Plataea 04: The Burning of Athens and the Wooden Walls 04: Ephialtes and the Death of Leonidas 04: Leonidas at Thermopylae 04: Greek Preparations for Defense against the Persians 04: The Great Army of Xerxes
Please see the list of new (March to July) freeware at the Online Index
Ιούλιος 25: Μαλεβίτσης: Η διαφορά ανάμεσα στον λαό και την μάζα 24: Σεστώφ: Η Σκέψη Φωλιάζει στα Αδιέξοδα του Βίου 20: Ζιγκόν: Η Φιλοσοφική Αλήθεια 05: Θεός παις εστι
Ιούνιος 30: Δημοψήφισμα του τουρκικού CNN για την Σχολή της Χάλκης 24: Το Βρετανικό, τα γλυπτά της Ακρόπολης, και η αφασία των υπουργών μας 17: Νέα εκπαιδευτική μεταρρύθμιση - νέα αποτυχία
Μάιος 19: Για την σημασία της προκοπής 18: Ιερώνυμος Αθηνών, Η αποτυχία στις εξετάσεις δεν είναι αποτυχία ζωής 15: Η ένταση του σημερινού μας διχασμού 13: Η προϋπόθεση του εθνικού μας διχασμού 12: Γιατί μισο-βλέπουμε την ιστορία μας; 10: Ο Πόππερ και η μεταφυσική της ιστορίας 09: Πολιτείες της βίας 04: Τα παιδιά μας, το ίντερνετ, κι εμείς
Απρίλιος 27: Νους υγιής εν σώματι ασθενεί 22: Σε τί διαφορετικό πιστεύουν οι Καθολικοί; 18: Τύφλα νάχει ο Παβαρότι! 16: Πότε είναι η Ανάσταση; 11: Νεαροί παράφρονες, και μεγαλύτεροι 08: Αν ζούσαμε πράγματι 04: Ταγμένοι στο τίποτα
* Σμέμαν, Για την ανατροφή των παιδιών μας * Λέων Σεστώφ, Η Σκέψη Είναι Επικίνδυνη * Σέραρντ - Για την Ενοποίηση της Γνώσης * Φρεάντλης - Καταβυθίσεις στην ιστορία * Άγ. Σιλουανός, Το Θείο Θέλημα κι εμείς * Ιερώνυμος Αθηνών, Η αποτυχία είναι ευκαιρία * Καθολικισμός και Ορθοδοξία - Οι διαφορές * Άμπιχτ, Εισαγωγή στον Ηρόδοτο * Ποτλής, Εναρκτήριο μάθημα Εκκλ. Δικαίου
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Temple of God is the Knowing. Nowhere else God dwells more truly than in His temple, the Knowing ... where never nothing touched Him, because in there He is alone in his stillness. God inside His very knowledge knows Himself in Himself... - Meister Eckhart