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Behind the Art: In 1826, French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix's "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi" embodied Greece's spirit amid the Greek War of Independence. How did the painting of a young woman amidst ruins symbolise resilience, reflecting art's timeless ability to evoke human emotion and history?

From Pisoderi near Florina in Macedonia, Nikolaos Kasomoulis (1795 - 1872) was a fighter during the Greek War of Independence and a notable historian of that

One of the things I realised during the COVID-lockdown introspection period was that I had been reading fewer books. The time I used to spend propped up with a

The Ottomans came over the sea. The Axis rained down from the skies. Our back is against the walls again desperately defending the values we recognise as our own. The chances of success are slim. The prospects are grim. Betrayal within the ranks is far from unheard of and the resources of the enemy appear limitless. Defeatism is dangerous, disheartening, and throws the troops in disarray. Mindless optimism, refusal to acknowledge facts, and a distracting blind faith in final victory are no mora...

Phalanx Games have an exceptional catalogue of board games and among them is a compelling strategy game by Vangelis Bagiartakis, Freedom! Insurgents vs Empire. Freedom! // Phalanx Games The initial print run of the game sold out so quickly and interest from people who missed out on it has encouraged Phalanx Games to not just go to a second print run, but to expand it through a pre-order scheme into multiple new language versions, but more on that at the end. The game itself is set during the T...

Unsung Heroes of the Greek War of Independence “Karaouli” (guard), Theodoros Vryzakis. Public Domain When one thinks of the Greek War of Independence, the first things that comes to mind are the names: Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis, Papaflessas, Bouboulina, Diakos, and Kanaris. The next thing that springs to mind are the heroic battles at Gravia Inn, Alamana, Valtetsi, Dervenakia, Navarino. Yet the 1821 Greek Revolution had many unknown heroes who fought alongside the legendary ones, or fought ...