tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16729869993415288652024-02-20T14:24:04.597-08:00PharosPharos, The Canadian-Hellenic Cultural Society presents lectures on all aspects of Greek culture from ancient history, literature and archaeology to modern traditions including dance and music. Meetings are held at 7:30 pm on the last Monday of October-November and January-April in the Upper Hall of the Hellenic Community Centre, 4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Everyone is welcome: admission is by annual membership ($20 per person) or drop-in fee of $5.00 at the door.Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-7434283416570367222022-04-24T21:47:00.006-07:002022-04-26T11:12:04.325-07:00Updated Pharos Website Under Construction<h3><i>A new Pharos website is in development.</i><br />For news and updates after April 2022, please visit:<br /><a href="http://www.pharosvancouver.com">www.pharosvancouver.com</a></h3>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-30206239281951248812022-04-15T18:37:00.001-07:002022-04-15T18:37:24.536-07:00Pharos' Annual Spring Musical Event April 25th: Drómeno!<p style="text-align: center;"><i> Please join us April 25th at 7:30pm for Pharos' annual online musical event.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Pharos: The Hellenic-Canadian Cultural Society Presents</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>A Free Concert Evening of Music and Conversation with </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Drómeno</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejR1tq2xg1Iwx25wGOqz_3oDuZVAtleluY72Hq8YWJAz9p12wHlKsyd57o-CixTrBaShgKY2U0F3hrNn1IS-eu32BwDrQ_6JtlAKQaqOTKeiBAavRdyzmQ_CZt_9-XfzCaFjxgwkj2jJzY0JWEU8MKaxKJ6GDn6_j2Bz-6UNYRzvpsYDu8yS6X1-6/s3306/Dromeno%20Picture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="3306" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejR1tq2xg1Iwx25wGOqz_3oDuZVAtleluY72Hq8YWJAz9p12wHlKsyd57o-CixTrBaShgKY2U0F3hrNn1IS-eu32BwDrQ_6JtlAKQaqOTKeiBAavRdyzmQ_CZt_9-XfzCaFjxgwkj2jJzY0JWEU8MKaxKJ6GDn6_j2Bz-6UNYRzvpsYDu8yS6X1-6/w484-h200/Dromeno%20Picture.jpg" width="484" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Tonight’s concert will feature the music of Epirus performed by Seattle’s Govetas family: Christos (clarino and vocals), Ruth (accordion and vocals), Eleni (violin) and Bobby (percussion), joined by Nikos Maroussis on guitar. Drómeno specializes in the regional folk music of Northern Greece, as well as classic Rembetika, and is highly regarded in Greek music and dance circles. We are delighted to welcome them live via Zoom for Pharos’ annual April musical event.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Join us</i>:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>April 25th at 7:30pm PST</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>On Zoom: Meeting ID </b><span style="text-align: left;"><b>639 0599 8130 | Password: </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><b>640528</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Direct Link: </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://bit.ly/pharos2021zoom">bit.ly/pharos2021zoom</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This 42nd Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Eleni Korkidakis-Fyssas in honour of her late husband, and good friend of Pharos, Apostolos Fyssas.</span></p>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-25342200049751132512022-01-25T19:05:00.008-08:002022-01-25T21:10:39.849-08:00Jan 31 @ 7:30pm PST: Free Talk - Mistress of Ships: The Harbour City of Naukratis in the Nile Delta<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Please join us on Monday, January 31, for a free lecture via Zoom.</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>"Mistress of Ships: The Harbour City of Naukratis in the Nile Delta"</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With </i>Dr Megan Daniels</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>UBC Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://ubc.zoom.us/j/63905998130?pwd=UDdmaVpzN0Y0MzYyd0VVZWVxMzdLdz09" target="_blank">Zoom Link</a> | Meeting ID: 639 0599 8130 | Password: 640528</b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">A sound-only connection to the talk may be made by calling: 778-907-2071 (Vancouver)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>One of the early excavators of the harbour city of Naukratis in Egypt, William Flinders Petrie, called it “the Greek Hong Kong and Birmingham in one. . . It is perhaps the most valuable site for Greek archaeology of the historic period that will ever be found.” At Naukratis, whose name means "Mistress of Ships", early excavators uncovered numerous temples to Greek and Egyptian gods, and discovered a vibrant locale of cultural and commercial exchange. In this talk I'll discuss the site, the history of research, and my own interests on the role of religion at this site in uniting peoples from all around the eastern Mediterranean in common worship.</i></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>A video recording will be available for viewing for 30 days following the lecture.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>The link will be circulated shortly after the presentation.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b>This 42nd Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Eleni Korkidakis-Fyssas in honour of her late husband, and good friend of Pharos, Apostolos Fyssas</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQGdFuSS4otA71lKWBbeHy04IIBMe2piyA1OiWMW_LennEz5qNHGAi1UYCmcHxlWRM5dKe4efOup27UOQxvNRpqcY3tLapOmewVfCvKawgt1wRkYk6Q5qiXPOJ04dmokjhgpxHEYSXRiQIrD3oBedwB8yLujn0tgelVLMhsPmsG-JkhgiL9YRMlgv3=s1100" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="850" height="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQGdFuSS4otA71lKWBbeHy04IIBMe2piyA1OiWMW_LennEz5qNHGAi1UYCmcHxlWRM5dKe4efOup27UOQxvNRpqcY3tLapOmewVfCvKawgt1wRkYk6Q5qiXPOJ04dmokjhgpxHEYSXRiQIrD3oBedwB8yLujn0tgelVLMhsPmsG-JkhgiL9YRMlgv3=w499-h647" width="499" /></a></div><br /></div></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-32458316771854531232021-11-23T06:34:00.001-08:002021-11-23T06:34:24.214-08:00Nov 29 @ 7:30pm PST: Free Talk - Behind the Curtain of Myth: The Power of Greek Tragedy Under Communist Rule in Serbia<div style="text-align: center;">Please join us on Monday, November 29, for a free lecture via Zoom.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>"Behind the Curtain of Myth: The Power of Greek Tragedy Under Community Rule in Serbia"</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With </i>Jelena Todorovic</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>UBC Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://ubc.zoom.us/j/63905998130?pwd=UDdmaVpzN0Y0MzYyd0VVZWVxMzdLdz09" target="_blank">Zoom Link</a> | Meeting ID: 639 0599 8130 | Password: 640528</b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>A sound-only connection to the talk may be made by calling: 778-907-2071 (Vancouver)</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This talk will explore how ancient Greek mythological tragedy provided a safe place for social and political criticism inside the communist apparatus of Serbia. We’ll discover the unique value that Serbian authors shared for Greek antiquity and intercultural exchange, and what we can learn from that continuing inspiration today.</i></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2ZiqdEf3PiO53AJMvvZ69Uc_E7iGn51fq-3pZxLbImu1SJkq6p0yWyE0n_Uv76DnxiRDjdK5NsmFjGVh6wyH5sBzAzqWoIhZwwTpBCeH3hd8lK3Fq4vPQaGsvaM2Qwb8gwg9_SzcXNo/s792/Todorovic+Poster+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2ZiqdEf3PiO53AJMvvZ69Uc_E7iGn51fq-3pZxLbImu1SJkq6p0yWyE0n_Uv76DnxiRDjdK5NsmFjGVh6wyH5sBzAzqWoIhZwwTpBCeH3hd8lK3Fq4vPQaGsvaM2Qwb8gwg9_SzcXNo/s16000/Todorovic+Poster+1.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>A video recording will be available for viewing for 30 days following the lecture.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>The link will be circulated shortly after the presentation.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b>This 42nd Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Eleni Korkidakis-Fyssas in honour of her late husband, and good friend of Pharos, Apostolos Fyssas</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-91183002876920081432021-10-10T11:02:00.002-07:002021-11-23T06:23:21.738-08:00<p> </p><h2><b>October 25, 2021 @ 7:30 pm PDT<br /></b><b>Free lecture via Zoom</b></h2><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Prof. Hector Williams with Dr. Richard Spratley</span></b><br /></i><i style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Orpheus Legend in Art and Music</span></b></i></i></div><div><i style="color: #2b00fe;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></i></i></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdC065Rli3Yku6Y1GwkAIfMnGOyE9n1Bpv5LL6ZukATUPvdrFa3TYvU37uMNI1J3Na-1TMuuNl-NJFocRCHWfVIXEH23v-BXWbk8XIsvrlcoJU1291O87mITlR-CEJ2mSwoiisk7uLO3s/s1200/pastedImage+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdC065Rli3Yku6Y1GwkAIfMnGOyE9n1Bpv5LL6ZukATUPvdrFa3TYvU37uMNI1J3Na-1TMuuNl-NJFocRCHWfVIXEH23v-BXWbk8XIsvrlcoJU1291O87mITlR-CEJ2mSwoiisk7uLO3s/s320/pastedImage+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Orpheus, the Greek hero whose songs could charm both gods and wild beasts and coax the trees and rocks into dance, has achieved an emblematic status as a metaphor for the power of music - and the power of love. His legend has resonated through the millennia, giving rise to sculpture and vase paintings in the ancient Greek world, dozens of representations of him with animals in the Roman, and a few even in early Christian art as well as many works of Western art literature, dance, music, and film. In Pharos’ opening presentation of its 42nd season, Hector Williams will look at Orpheus in Greek and Roman art and Ric Spratley will take you a quick tour of five centuries of Western Orphean music, dance, and more.</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="min-height: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="nH" style="width: 1236px;"><div class="nH" style="position: relative;"><div class="nH bkL"><div class="no" style="display: flex; width: 1236px;"><div class="nH bkK nn" style="min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; width: 993px;"><div class="nH"><div class="nH"><div class="nH ar4 z"><div class="aeI"><div class="AO" style="position: relative;"><div class="Tm aeJ" id=":3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; height: 668px; overflow-y: scroll; 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font-size: large;">778-907-2071 (Vancouver)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;">A video recording will be available for viewing for 30 days following the lecture.</span><br /><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;">The link will be circulated shortly after the presentation.</span></div></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff9900;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />This 42nd Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Eleni Korkidakis-Fyssas in honour of her late husband, and good friend of Pharos, Apostolos Fyssas</span></i></span></b></div><div style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #ff9900;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-64943025821554745572021-09-27T21:17:00.004-07:002021-09-27T21:21:54.887-07:00Fall 2021<span style="font-size: medium;">Pharos will be presenting two online lectures via Zoom. The link will be posted closer to the date of the first lecture. </span><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">October 25, 2021 @ 7:30 PDT </span></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Prof. Hector Williams with Richard Spratley </span></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Orpheus Legend in Art and Music</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> November 29, 2021 @ 7:30 PST by Zoom </span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ms. Jelena Todorovic, UBC</span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Greek Myth/Tragedy in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Serbia</b> </span></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-51374872820728443712021-04-20T11:00:00.000-07:002021-04-20T11:00:05.006-07:00April 2021<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday 26 April, 2021 at 7:30 PDT, via Zoom<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark Hamilton, Journalist & Musician</span></span></div><p><b><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">Musical Traditions of Crete</span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #800180;">The music of Crete has a long, rich history that continues to develop and grow today. We’re going to explore the diversity of Cretan music, aided by music-lovers and musicians in Canada and on the island of Crete, and we'll try to answer a couple of questions: Is music really as important as it seems to Cretans? Why has it continued to to thrive when some other regional musics have been frozen as folkloric tradition? </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">Mark Hamilton is well known at Pharos as the man behind the guitar in several previous musical evenings. He is a former journalist and university instructor of journalism and a (very) amateur musician, with a particular love for much of the music of Greece, especially Cretan music and early rebetiko. He has taken an online class in Cretan singing with Evgenia Toli-Damavoliti and is studying Cretan laouto with Giorgos Xylouris. The photo shows Mark getting the vibe in the Nikos Xylouris Museum in Anogeia, Crete.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>This presentation is generously sponsored by the Cretan Association of BC</i></b></span></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeoyYVC7W5jjOCXmaJpig0dHuCdvFKcgWTA2imHINVOwxOkPVadO9Q-guq1wiS6Jm9AyBVGpt7xsLkexsPqTEK9TLZB_SLnDIoAkfnfBaw3I2De7tkZ97HfIjDAz6Y5L60DK3qVqb56I/s1427/Mark+Hamilton+in+Anogeia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeoyYVC7W5jjOCXmaJpig0dHuCdvFKcgWTA2imHINVOwxOkPVadO9Q-guq1wiS6Jm9AyBVGpt7xsLkexsPqTEK9TLZB_SLnDIoAkfnfBaw3I2De7tkZ97HfIjDAz6Y5L60DK3qVqb56I/s320/Mark+Hamilton+in+Anogeia.png" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Join Zoom Meeting</b><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;">19:30 PST, </b></span></b></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Monday April 26,2021</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63905998130?pwd%3DUDdmaVpzN0Y0MzYyd0VVZWVxMzdLdz09&source=gmail&ust=1619027355769000&usg=AFQjCNGXYHqwK_O9x7NnocW3IlKSDUHCWg" fg_scanned="1" href="https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63905998130?pwd=UDdmaVpzN0Y0MzYyd0VVZWVxMzdLdz09" style="color: #1155cc; text-align: start;" target="_blank">https://ubc.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>63905998130?pwd=<wbr></wbr>UDdmaVpzN0Y0MzYyd0VVZWVxMzdLdz<wbr></wbr>09</a><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><b style="text-align: start;">Meeting ID</b><span style="text-align: start;">: 639 0599 8130</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><b style="text-align: start;">Passcode</b><span style="text-align: start;">: 640528</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">A sound-only connection to the talk may be made by calling:</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">1-778-907-2071 (Vancouver)</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">A video recording will be available for viewing for 30 days following the lecture.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">The link will be circulated shortly after the presentation.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff9900;"><i>This 41st Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Nick and Maria Panos.</i></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-22281400075102851572021-03-16T12:23:00.004-07:002021-03-16T16:59:15.684-07:00March 2021<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>March 29, 2021 @ 7:30 pm PDT<br /></b><b>Free lecture via Zoom</b></h2><div><b><br /></b></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Dr. Dimitri Krallis<br /></b></i><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;">Director of the SFU Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies and Associate Professor of Byzantine History at Simon Fraser University</i></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZBzGzAxWTEw8jYGWr9cS-7oW1iwGmnX_hphx7V3PaId4LjZ8ba0NxcUozFXqKAGOEchljAVExklWC9JH5f51XIvY6hps7DDhq-6wCHOKVdPWvwvwDh8qtwyA5h9jYhLoiZUjWNjBd18/s754/Battle_scene_from_the_Greek_War_of_Independence_by_Georg_Perlberg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="754" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZBzGzAxWTEw8jYGWr9cS-7oW1iwGmnX_hphx7V3PaId4LjZ8ba0NxcUozFXqKAGOEchljAVExklWC9JH5f51XIvY6hps7DDhq-6wCHOKVdPWvwvwDh8qtwyA5h9jYhLoiZUjWNjBd18/w400-h224/Battle_scene_from_the_Greek_War_of_Independence_by_Georg_Perlberg.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Romioi one day, Greeks the next: Reading 1821 through a Byzantine Prism</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">We often forget that the people who rebelled against the Ottomans in 1821 saw themselves as Romioi (Romans). At that time few in Greece would have called themselves Hellenes. In fact, most of those Hellenes were Romioi who lived outside Greece proper.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">So, what does this fact mean? To understand that we need to look to Byzantium and its legacy. In doing so, the revolt of 1821 acquires a new significance, because it emerges not simply as a struggle for the independence of a Greek nation, but rather as the rebirth and baptism of the Romioi as Greeks.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Join Zoom Meeting</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63905998130?</b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>pwd=UDdmaVpzN0Y0MzYyd0VVZWVxMzdLdz09<br /></span><span>Meeting ID: 639 0599 8130</span><span>Passcode: 640528</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>A sound-only connection to the talk may be made by calling:</span><span>778-907-2071 (Vancouver)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">This Lecture is Sponsored by the Hellenic Canadian Congress of B.C. in Memory of Professor André Gerolymatos, first Chair of Hellenic Studies at SFU.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">The 41st Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Nick and Maria Panos</div></span></h3><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-29657245968403532402021-02-17T15:38:00.002-08:002021-02-17T15:49:31.327-08:00February 2021<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Ancient Chorus, Modern Voices:<br />Antigone and Phaethon on Film</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Dr. Hallie Marshall, Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies, <br />UBC Department of Theatre and Film<br /><i>with<br /></i>Dr. C.W. Marshall, Professor of Greek, UBC <br />Department of Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies.</span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">In 2018, in collaboration with the film company Barefaced Greek, we made a short film of the “<i>Ode to Man</i>” from Sophocles’ <i>Antigone </i>with twelve UBC students. This talk will screen that film and discuss the process of undertaking this kind of practice-based research with students as part of a study abroad course to Greece. It will also discuss our next project, a film of the Dawn chorus from Euripides’ fragmentary tragedy Phaethon, to be filmed on the island of Naxos in May 2022. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNfrmteNmOrM7Hyl-2SWhCh-1pTM8QntxIvn0XkDV8-F50l-VBUIEF-Wy5iTZtpWiRIGs_vg9eIvlWFdrKPgXdO3qf4TfpYnrKEzzyybnaDsZocPH4BOzH2HFLG_ZZ_H1qvRjcYAbumg/s2048/Marshall+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNfrmteNmOrM7Hyl-2SWhCh-1pTM8QntxIvn0XkDV8-F50l-VBUIEF-Wy5iTZtpWiRIGs_vg9eIvlWFdrKPgXdO3qf4TfpYnrKEzzyybnaDsZocPH4BOzH2HFLG_ZZ_H1qvRjcYAbumg/s320/Marshall+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Monday February 22, 2021 at 7:30 PST</div><div><br /></div><div>The lecture will be streamed live on Zoom: Non-Pharos members may register to receive the link by sending an email to: PharosVancouver@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div>A link to a video recording for later viewing will be circulated following the lecture. </div><div><br /></div><div>Next Pharos Lecture: Monday March 29, 2021 @ 19:30 PST: Speaker TBA</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>This 41st Season of Pharos is generously sponsored by Nick and Maria Panos</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-32241377322910817262021-01-13T14:06:00.025-08:002021-02-17T15:38:39.614-08:00January 2021<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>Mothers, Prostitutes or Sex Goddesses?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>Nude Female Imagery in Greek Sanctuaries</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Dr. Megan Daniels</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>UBC Department of Classics, Near East and Religious Studies</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Monday January 25, 2021 @ 7:30 PM PST via Zoom (Details below)</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nb9bwmADdUm8puLpsEb8UDat61NzK0z0uvlDfIL0_bQr0ggsh7vLPUo0iy6uGluyto6vCej63qIVtITsgNXYcOqS26EKUxYuB3sNtLh7YoQBC3CGoAQd6M9X5PhyphenhyphenDhB3uwGUah-oKgE/s2048/Nude+Females+copy+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nb9bwmADdUm8puLpsEb8UDat61NzK0z0uvlDfIL0_bQr0ggsh7vLPUo0iy6uGluyto6vCej63qIVtITsgNXYcOqS26EKUxYuB3sNtLh7YoQBC3CGoAQd6M9X5PhyphenhyphenDhB3uwGUah-oKgE/s320/Nude+Females+copy+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><div><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The iconography of the nude female in the ancient world spans an area from Iraq to Spain over a
period of more than 2000 years. It emerged within Mesopotamia in the third
millennium BCE, and spread across western Asia in royal, domestic, and funerary
contexts. In the Greek world, this imagery appeared between 800 and 600 BCE, a
time known as the “Greek renaissance” following the Bronze Age collapse.
Modern-day scholars highlighted this period as a time when the Greeks looked to
the more venerable Near East for artistic inspiration, the so-called
Orientalising period, and explained the nude female through the lens of
Orientalism. Scholars working in the Near East and Egypt, on the other hand,
explained this imagery through recourse to a generic “fertility/mother goddess”
and through misogynistic attitudes towards female nudity. In this presentation
I examine how the Orientalising and fertility paradigms have coloured our
interpretation of this imagery. I offer a new interpretation that attempts to
move beyond artistic influence and generic fertility deities and into the realm
of the shared ideologies between Greece and western Asia represented by this
imagery. In doing so, I blur distinctions between “west” and “east” and
reconsider the shifting relationships between humans and their gods in the Iron
Age.</span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">This lecture is presented jointly by Pharos and </b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">The Archaeological Institute of America (Vancouver Society)</b><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This 41st Season of Pharos is Generously Sponsored by </b><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> Nick and Maria Panos</b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>This lecture will be streamed live on Zoom: Non-Pharos members may register to receive the link by sending an email to: <b>PharosVancouver@gmail.com</b></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>A link to a video recording for later viewing will be circulated following the lecture. </i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Next Pharos Lecture: Monday February 22, 2021 @ 19:30 PST</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Speaker TBA</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><br /></p><br /><p></p></div>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-28526174138324843002020-10-21T22:04:00.018-07:002021-01-13T14:08:09.367-08:00October and November 2020<p> </p><div class="MsoPlainText"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">The Church of Hagia Sophia</span></h2><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span>Professor Hector Williams, </span></i></b><span><span><i><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">UBC</span></b></i></span></span><br /><span><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Monday October 26, 2020 @ </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>19:30 PDT </span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br /></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURZPJ9hS4-8aWb6X7cVqgsLOOSIDL1poW1wwvcLioFB200Aq_2QVB-7ILvhF0fjRDArERC1J2NNxIqtPwonm5eY66WG2HKnNs-MAluGNr_p-xaQ1UO3o-FiwEPa5dGBAyqj8J4KEHg/s1081/pastedImage.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1081" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURZPJ9hS4-8aWb6X7cVqgsLOOSIDL1poW1wwvcLioFB200Aq_2QVB-7ILvhF0fjRDArERC1J2NNxIqtPwonm5eY66WG2HKnNs-MAluGNr_p-xaQ1UO3o-FiwEPa5dGBAyqj8J4KEHg/s320/pastedImage.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">T<span style="font-family: georgia;">he church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) was the greatest church of the Byzantine world. Built by the emperor Justinian between AD 532-537 it served for nearly a thousand years as the centre for Orthodox worship in Constantinople. After the Ottoman capture of the city in May of 1453 Mehmet II made it the most important mosque in the city and so it remained until it officially opened as a museum in 1935. Its design influenced great Ottoman mosques like the Selemaniye and the "Blue Mosque". The talk will present the history, architecture and mosaic decoration of one the greatest religious buildings in the world and talk about its possible future after its conversion back into a mosque by the Erdogan government this summer. The speaker first visited the church in 1969 and has been there at least eight times</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>How Ancient Greek Music Won Hearts and Minds</b></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Professor Michael Griffin, UBC </i></b></span><i style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">with</span></i></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>T</i><i>h</i></span><i style="font-family: arial;">eodore Koumartzis, Luthieros, Thessaloniki</i></span></b></div><div><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday November 30, 2020 at @ 19:30 PST</span></i></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMByb0l47S7qESpyT-MEBI5eaViRnJs8IolcaAR8jCM_B5gFXVZZs5teI_9bPhDwrgbDgxc8PDCj5wK_JCGORynmQCDVQ3af3U2wgfMn59k_te_um5vhinfSVDKTc0X16BeeGx3WhGTI/s1200/Lyre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="799" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMByb0l47S7qESpyT-MEBI5eaViRnJs8IolcaAR8jCM_B5gFXVZZs5teI_9bPhDwrgbDgxc8PDCj5wK_JCGORynmQCDVQ3af3U2wgfMn59k_te_um5vhinfSVDKTc0X16BeeGx3WhGTI/s320/Lyre.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>This unique meeting of Pharos will explore the work of the Koumartzis family, based near Thessaloniki, to reconstruct the Ancient Greek lyre and kithara. We’ll listen together to living examples of classical Greek music, ranging from the Epitaph of Seikilos—arguably the oldest surviving written music in the world—to improvisational reconstructions on the Greek modes; and we’ll have time to experiment with a replica lyre. The talk will include an interview with Theodore Koumartzis, luthier and musician, and a discussion by Michael Griffin of the implications of music in the philosophy of Plato and Pythagoras—particularly the power of music to cultivate our hearts and minds.</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You can preview video examples of Luthieros’ musical instruments in action:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoPlainText"><div><div><span style="color: #38761d;">“Journey”, Aphrodite Patoulidou and Theodore Koumartzis:</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/vpv2Va_6zTc&source=gmail&ust=1605469676208000&usg=AFQjCNHa0wmLZOiIOP59zSrW97_f24ADdg" fg_scanned="1" href="https://youtu.be/vpv2Va_6zTc" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>vpv2Va_6zTc</a></div></div></div></div></span></span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoPlainText"><div><div> <span style="color: #38761d;">ύμνος στη μούσα Καλλιόπη και τον Απόλλωνα, Thanasis Kleopas:</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/Y8Hpyov3Tt8&source=gmail&ust=1605469676208000&usg=AFQjCNFkzN8aiySisak4mQTI8Wit_DFkKA" fg_scanned="1" href="https://youtu.be/Y8Hpyov3Tt8" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>Y8Hpyov3Tt8</a> </div></div></div></div></span></span></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>This lecture will be streamed live on Zoom: Non-Pharos members may register to receive the link by sending an email to: PharosVancouver@gmail.com</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>A link to a video recording for later viewing will be circulated following the lecture. </i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Next Pharos Lecture: Monday January 25, 2021 @ 19:30 PST</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Speaker TBA</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>These lectures will be free online zoom presentations. </b></span></i><i style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>To subscribe, sent an email to </b></span></i><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">PharosVancouver@gmail.com</i></div></span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #38761d;"><div class="MsoPlainText"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></blockquote>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-6552636850869362632020-02-10T17:00:00.000-08:002020-03-23T13:26:58.445-07:00March and April 2020<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: line-through;">Monday March 30, 2020 @ </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strike style="color: #666666;">7:30 pm </strike><span style="color: red;">Cancelled</span></span></i></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FgRxhP4TnRdsXDY_ByjKoWyTtxkDwLQJzX0IgnCmMts7mZt8R_mcYbeDjir8XG_P86RuOYrZDAsGa3iSunk4HJGF6i8xXAz71nV7yWv3HeECZC-nwEspRoKl-h-F6546aecWT5EaEqw/s1600/Byzantine+jewellery+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FgRxhP4TnRdsXDY_ByjKoWyTtxkDwLQJzX0IgnCmMts7mZt8R_mcYbeDjir8XG_P86RuOYrZDAsGa3iSunk4HJGF6i8xXAz71nV7yWv3HeECZC-nwEspRoKl-h-F6546aecWT5EaEqw/s200/Byzantine+jewellery+3.jpg" width="159" /></span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In their conscious effort to communicate their complex identity, social status, and cultural values, the inhabitants of the Byzantine empire often buried their dead with a wide variety of dress accessories. By bringing together jewelry found in excavations in Greece and Turkey and artefacts from museum collections around the world, Dr. Makris will investigate the pervasive significance of jewels in Byzantium from the tenth through the twelfth centuries CE</span>. </span><br />
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<br />Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-81810773088033851152020-01-11T21:12:00.000-08:002020-01-11T21:38:22.549-08:00January - February 2020<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Monday January 27, 2020 @ </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">7:30 pm</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC</i></span></span></div>
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where she has been ever since. Along with the Mona Lisa and the Winged Victory
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Public Library partnered to collect and preserve photographs </span></span></span>and stories of
Vancouver’s Greek Community. VPL Librarian and Hellenic Community member Sophia
Karasouli-Milobar was involved in the Hellenic Stories of Vancouver project
from the very beginning. Sophia will present some highlights of the photographs
and stories contributed to the project and take us on a quick tour of the
history of the Greeks in Vancouver.</i></span></span></div>
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Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-46548929189698579652019-10-17T12:10:00.003-07:002020-01-11T21:15:27.629-08:00Fall 2019<br />
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Community Centre<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are the Greek
gods thriving in the 21st century? In this talk, we'll explore the
enduring appeal of figures like Zeus, Athena, Artemis, and Apollo
in modern story, art, and ideas. Setting out from fiction, film, and games, we'll
also investigate the legacy of the Greek gods in our
philosophy, psychology, and science, and the value—and challenge—posed by
the vision that Homer and Hesiod sang into being more than 2,500 years
ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And to knock over every wall in my house...<br />
A brand-new field of air. —Rilke</span></i></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">English author, poet, botanist and landscape painter Edward Lear (1812-1888) is best known today for his nonsense rhymes and limericks. However, </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the mid-nineteenth century </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he travelled widely in Greece, Italy and the Middle East and his travel writings and sketches offer a fascinating insight into life in these areas. We will follow Lear’s travels in Northern Greece – then part of the Ottoman Empire – and share with him the trials of an eccentric English Gentleman in a very wild and uncivilized landscape.</span></span><br />
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James Huemoeller, UBC</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Greek city of
Morgantina, Sicily</b></i></span><br />
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and monumental city centre of Morgantina in central Sicily have been the
subject of archaeological research for more than sixty years, but there’s
plenty of life in Morgantina beyond the agora.
James and Katharine Huemoeller will present on the recent excavations of
the Contrada Agnese Project: American Excavations at Morgantina in a
neighborhood west of the agora, where we can get a glimpse of ordinary life in
the Hellenistic city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Katherine is
Assistant Professor of Roman History in the UBC Department of Classical, Near
East and Religious Studies; she is currently working on a monograph on the
sexual dimension of ancient Roman slavery. James is principal of JIM
Architecture, adjunct professor at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape
Architecture, and Project Architect and Geospatial Director for the Excavations
at Morgantina.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Monday February 25th, 2019 @ 7:30 pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;">Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;">4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver</span><br />
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UBC<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Olympic
Games: Past and Present</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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talk, Dr. Vickers will discuss three important factors in the birth of Greek
sport and their influence on modern athletics, covering ground from the
ancient Olympics to the modern Games. His focus is on the athletic
body and its symbolism, the social importance of athletes and the glory of
their victory, and the legacy of ancient Greek ideals in today's sporting
world."</span></span><br />
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Lecturer at UBC, having previously taught at Trent University in Peterborough
(ON) and Mount Allison University in Sackville (NB). His research interests
include ancient sport and spectacle, the body in Greek culture, and ancient
performance and entertainment. He is currently preparing a monograph on ancient
Greek acrobatic performance and the rich social meaning expressed by
representations of the acrobatic body in action. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Monday March 25th, 2019 @ 7:30 pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Athens was the largest city state of ancient
Greece and her rich territory in many ways made possible her greatness.
The talk will visit different parts of Attika from the sea battered cliffs of
Sounion at the south to the heights of Mt. Parnes in the north and present the
many sanctuaries, rich silver mines, marble quarries, and rural estates.
90% of the population lived in her territory, areas often neglected by the
millions of tourists who visit the city each year.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Monday April 29th 2019 @7:30 pm</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver</span></div>
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songs spanning Entehna, Rembetika and Laika from 1939 to 2018, performed in the
intimate setting of the upstairs hall in the Hellenic Community. Σιγανά. Σιγανά (Sigana, Sigana) roughly
translates as "softly, delicately" which describes the ideal
environment to hear and enjoy this music. He will be joined by musicians </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Natalia Pardalis – </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Piano;</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
Mark Hamilton – </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Laouto / Baglama</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">; John
Mavrogeorge – </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Guitar / Vocals</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">; George
Yioldassis – </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bouzouki / Vocals</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> and Kostaki
Roumeliotis - </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Drums / Percussion</i></span>Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-70963538622567626572018-09-14T23:55:00.001-07:002019-02-21T16:53:24.620-08:00Pharos October+November 2018<br />
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Athens and Siddhartha Gautama are regarded as founders, respectively, of
European philosophy and Buddhism. They were also near-contemporaries, who
taught by lively question and answer, upended many of the cultural assumptions
of their time, and established traditions of scientific and religious inquiry
that would last for millennia. In this talk, I’ll explore some of the
similarities and differences of these philosophers and their continuing
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believed that those who occupy public office should possess the character and
judgment—what he called “practical wisdom” or phronesis — to figure out the
right things to do in a particular situation, and to do it in the right way and
for the right reasons. Drawing on his recent book, Max Cameron argues that we
need practical wisdom more than ever as we grapple with populism, polarization,
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<br />Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-32424029787028331962018-04-11T19:51:00.002-07:002018-04-11T20:21:36.959-07:00Pharos April 2018<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Monday April 30, 2018 at 7:30 PM</span><br />
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a political scientist by profession, began writing poetry as a young man in
Montreal. His marriage to Andromache
resulted in numerous stays in Thessaly – in Volos and in a village on adjacent
Mt. Pelion - and rekindled his poetic inspiration. He has published several collections of
poems, many of which deal with his Greek experiences and memories. For Pharos, Phillip will read an assortment
of his Greek-themed poems, including several from his just-published book,
<i>Passageways</i>. Musicians Kate Gerson,
Erika Gerson, and Laura Blumenthal are members of the Vancouver-based band
<i>Musiki Parea</i> which specializes in traditional Greek and Turkish Music. They will present musical interludes with
songs from Epiros and Macedonia. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-48410411775300809512018-03-13T17:48:00.000-07:002019-02-21T16:54:08.859-08:00Dalaras Tribute Concert<div style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Rio Theatre, Commercial and Broadway</i></span><br />
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wonderful songs by Yiorgos Dalaras.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></div>
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backing tracks include exotic middle Eastern instruments such as the oud,
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Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-40433186491508300232018-02-11T12:39:00.000-08:002018-04-11T19:59:14.903-07:00March 2018<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Monday March 26, 2018 @ 7:30 pm</span><br />
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UBC</i></b><br />
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Justice: Getting Revenge on Terrible Men in Ancient Greece</b><br />
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thing for a woman was not be spoken about, either in blame or praise; the women
of Athens surely had other ideas. This lecture will look at how, in a time long
before #metoo, women in ancient Greece tried to speak up about and against
abuse and injustice, even in societies that were hostile to their voices</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 106%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #aeaaaa; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-60858900433624223762017-11-22T11:16:00.004-08:002018-01-14T11:37:44.012-08:00January+February 2018<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Monday January 29, 2018 @ 7:30 pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr5M-h5Hfl5bOD_6JYTNzq93dDwpaUqgoGSs5Q2TkO8-XbT_KgP4nWC8Li_9BM5kB38DeE4P6fs4MG0-hcy0Ss2TqFNBVrnkcHSz3pTDZd0aArREojRqtKGzUF-XEd5orW2Z0PsHCtIA/s1600/_MG_0091-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></a><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 106%;">Humour, a quality that is intimately tied to distinct identities
and human relationships, has real value in informing our understanding of
ancient Athenian society. This lecture will explore elements of
humour in Athenian comedy by tracing the development of this rich and diverse
genre from its Archaic origins through the high period of Athenian drama in
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<br />Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-26174470951448329542017-10-14T10:05:00.001-07:002017-10-14T18:14:18.912-07:00October+November 2017<div style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The Great Mothers: Rhea and Cybele in Ancient Athens</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Dr. Arden Williams, UBC Classics, Near East & Religious Studies</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbiVi1CiDjyQyK-FPjBRKKuF45UKyzB6hCMCGbFdOUpM9ny3LDJLAbl8c_qS3IH51g5Ccg8ADgOyFt2B__hlVH1FAUApDp_2o38lvwC-dv8byHGIEtRJE_FvefxFGARaL2015SvaWkUA/s1600/Cybele_Getty_Villa_57.AA.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1043" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbiVi1CiDjyQyK-FPjBRKKuF45UKyzB6hCMCGbFdOUpM9ny3LDJLAbl8c_qS3IH51g5Ccg8ADgOyFt2B__hlVH1FAUApDp_2o38lvwC-dv8byHGIEtRJE_FvefxFGARaL2015SvaWkUA/s320/Cybele_Getty_Villa_57.AA.19.jpg" width="208" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">The cult of the Mother of the Gods, simply known in Athens as Meter, is one of great antiquity. Meter's role in the Eleusinian Mysteries connects her both with Rhea, mother of the Olympians, and the family drama of the Eleusinian myth. Across the Aegean, there were also cults of Great Mother goddesses, like that of Cybele, whom the Athenians identified with Meter and Rhea. The Romans had adopted the goddess Cybele in response to a prophecy, but found spects of her worship disturbing. The situation in Athens was rather different. A small private association in Piraeus established a cult of Cybele as Meter. The documents published by this group offer a glimpse into how the traditional cult of Meter was transformed by the introduction of elements of the cult of Cybele into something distinctly Athenian.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Liquid Memories in the Forum of Constantine: Pagan Symbolism and Meaning in a Christian Emperor's Capital</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Prof. Dimitris Krallis, Hellenic Studies, SFU</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">The forum of Constantine does not conform to the image we have of the first Christian Emperor as a disruptive figure ushering in a new Christian age. Filled to the brim with pagan statuary it remains a puzzle, as it confounds anyone who seeks to understated Constantine through a Christian prism. This presentation proposes ways to understand the forum's symbolic armature by focusing on Constantine's Greco-Roman identity.</span><br />
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Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-14924561657842570532017-04-12T12:46:00.001-07:002017-04-12T12:54:39.968-07:00<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Commemorating the History of the Greek Community in Vancouver: The Kits House Stained Glass Window</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pharos is pleased to have been a contributor to the commemorative stained glass window in Kits House as described below:</span><br />
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We drive by it and walk by it . . . and some of us still remember it as our
church, our Greek school, our Sunday school. Some of us still refer to it as
“our old church.” Some of us were married in the church, others baptized. It
served the Greek community from 1930-1972 and after that has been serving the
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multicultural nature of the center and that all were welcome the community
center added “welcome” to the steps. Each step has “Welcome” in a different
language to represent all the cultures that the center touches …<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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associations and businesses and St. George’s congregation stepped forward, and
this was rectified. While the project has been referred to as “The Kits Stained Glass Project,” the project also encompassed the creation of 2 memory boards to
show visitors how the Greek Community used the building. St. George’s Cathedral
has also donated 2 pews from the original church to be returned back home. They
will be placed in the basement hall with the 2 memory boards.</b></span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On April 19, St. George’s Church will be holding an evening service at our old
church. A formal announcement will soon follow. Mark your calendars, tell your
parents and let's all meet at the old church for a service like old times.</b></span></div>
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<br />Pharoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171900710205177503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672986999341528865.post-80044633599975314302017-03-07T18:11:00.000-08:002017-04-12T12:37:46.597-07:00March + April 2017<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Dr. Cillian O'Hogan, UBC</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The fourth century saw the creation of pandects - large manuscripts
containing all the books of the Old and New Testament - for the first time.
Remarkably, two of these pandects survive almost intact: Codex Sinaiticus and
Codex Vaticanus, both written in Greek. These two manuscripts reveal a great
deal about the formation of the Christian canon, book production in late
antiquity, and the history of scripture. This talk will explore some of the
most interesting features of these late antique Bibles, and address the
controversial question of the circumstances of their creation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">24 April 2017: Upper Hall Hellenic Centre @ 7:30</span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">Ancient Greece</b></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVXqB5TYhAJY4MEB1T4_TV7vQVbRU0soTQdV6rrJNGqZGZj45N3x9lwjtpbWtcWEQSNnx3CdXogKgHXtoA5wYvzxsyNT6k2wR1mz2IlpeiTSQfKo6JXh79oxjqe796SGz7u5i-f_Mg4E/s1600/tuna+butcher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></span></a><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">Dr. Jennifer Knapp, </i></b></span><br />
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talk explores how modern narratives that imbue fatness with personal and
communal ethical significance compare to ancient narratives of fatness,
particularly in archaic Greece politics. Through examining art and poetry, it
explores how fatness was not exactly a marker of elite status, but was a
metaphor of the abuse of status with economic, social, and ethical consequences
for family, community, and state. Although elitism was central to the
significance of fatness in archaic Greece, so were ideas about uncontrollable
appetite, lack of restraint, and communal harm familiar to us from modern
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Silent Grandeur of Cyrene, a Greek City in Libya</span></b></span><br />
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2007. Col. Gaddaffi’s son, Saif, announced a $2 billion plan to turn the
ancient Greek city of Cyrene, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a popular
destination for eco-tourism. Today, the city stands largely deserted in a
struggling Libya, despite the grandeur of its monuments, built originally by
Greeks from the Aegean islands, and re-built by Italian archaeologists in the
20th century. The temple of Zeus was as large as the Parthenon; the sanctuary
of Apollo was home to a gushing spring of water “where the heavens had a hole”,
the sanctuary of Demeter reflected the bounty of the fertile land, and people,
especially its rulers, became wonderfully wealthy from their harvest of a wild
miracle plant called silphium, from which the ancients made medicines of many
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Butler, UBC</b></b></span><br />
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Athens had a peculiar ‘police force’. They imported a troop of enslaved
Scythians, brightly costumed warrior nomads from north of the Black Sea, and
tasked them with maintaining order in assemblies and arresting criminals. These
slaves could even lay hands on freeborn citizens. This lecture examines who
these Scythians were, when and where the Greeks encountered them, why Athens
allowed to slaves the authority of ‘policemen’, and why Athens tapped the
distant Scythia for this labour.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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November 28, 2016 @ 7:30</b></span></span><br />
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VII, last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, and one of the most famous women in
history, continues to fascinate. This illustrated talk of her life and
times will also look at the legends of a femme fatale which have grown up
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