greek – One Book a Week

Awakening * Lee Savino

I wasn’t capable of love. Not until I met Cora. My angel. I’ve claimed every inch of her body and I only want more. I’m a man who craves control, but her power over me is absolute. She holds my heart in her hands. She can never find out. The demons in this city want to destroy her. It’s myContinue reading “Awakening * Lee Savino”

Have you seen Zorba the Greek? How about hula dancing?

Zorba dancing has new been in Greek history, invented (coreographed) by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. It is not a traditional Greek folkdance, but a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. The dance, and the accompanying music by Míkis Theodorakis, are also called Zorbá’s dance, Zorbas,Continue reading “Have you seen Zorba the Greek? How about hula dancing?”

The Illiad – Homer

One of the first epic masterpieces, written in the same period as the Trojan war, the Illiad depicts the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achiles. The poet invokes a muse to aid him in telling the story of the rage of Achilles, the greatest Greek hero to fight in the Trojan War. The narrative begins nineContinue reading “The Illiad – Homer”