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Mick Clifford on the Healy-Rae documentary: A political soap opera turned Greek tragedy

Jerry Kennelly’s documentary turns the Healy-Rae family’s political saga into a compelling tale of loyalty, power and ...

Before Greek myths reached the multiplex, they were weapons of political satire

Eighteenth-century caricaturists knew what modern film-makers understand: ancient myths can be endlessly adapted for new audiences.
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Bookman: In a twist fit for a Greek epic, Jones could be Jackson’s Achilles heel

In much of “The Iliad” – the ancient Greek “prequel” to “The Odyssey” now dominating the summer movie box office – the hero Achilles can be found sulking in his tent outside the walls of Troy. He is ...
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When Jews Assimilate into the World Around Them

We tend to remember Jewish history as a series of encounters between Jews and outsiders: Jews and Greeks, Jews and Romans, ...
Greek Reporter

Stefanos Manos, Independent Voice of Greek Liberal Reform, Dies at 86

Stefanos Manos, former Greek minister and outspoken advocate of liberal reform, has died at 86, leaving a lasting mark on ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Greece VS Egypt: Similarities and Differences

Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt represented by Athena and Isis, respectively, is a late 19th-century symbolist Art Nouveau mural by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt symbolizing the relation of the two ...