Does any other metro pass through an archaeological site?

Imagine you're in court and your public defender is named this

Inside you there are two wolves

Guglielmo Marconi naming his daughter Elettra is such a power move

Aigyptou Square, Athens - 1930 and now

Sun's out

Interesting interview with Telly Savalas speaking (very good) Greek. The Kojak actor's parents were from Sparta youtube.com/watch?v=ffhC3A…

A good time to retweet this titbit of (media) history on #GreekIndependenceDay . #25ηΜαρτιου

A Field in England...if you know, you know

Central Rome is plastered full of posters commemorating Mikis Mantakas, a Greek far-right student activist murdered in Rome in 1975

‘Teli na cusi tin glossa grika?’ dlvr.it/T2lp2x

'What was once stigmatized as a peasant vernacular at odds with Italian nation-building has been recast as something lofty, romantic and cool.'

Me for Kathimerini English Edition on the strange rebirth of a Greek dialect in southern Italy ekathimerini.com/culture/123159…

I find 🇮🇹 dialects & micro languages a complete joy. In spite of a 150 year state-sponsored war against them they're a testament to the country's diversity. You have only to walk 10 minutes in Trieste to overhear the local dialect just as James Joyce spoke it.
'Tu mare grega!'

'What was once stigmatized as a peasant vernacular at odds with Italian nation-building has been recast as something lofty, romantic and cool.'

Me for Kathimerini English Edition on the strange rebirth of a Greek dialect in southern Italy ekathimerini.com/culture/123159…

A scattering of snow on Parnitha this morning. #AthensRocks

Τhe Athens Polytechnic conducted a study into the present and future of one of the largest and best-preserved refugee settlements in Greece, in #Nikaia , near Piraeus. It is the first extensive + comprehensive documentation of its kind. 👇 ekathimerini.com/society/123000…