The grounds around the Acropolis appear to have been there since the 5th c BCE, but were designed in the 1950s by artist and architect, Dimitris Pikionis. Anyone who has strolled these shaded walkways knows he deserves greater notoriety than history has afforded him. #acropolis

Wishing a joyous and peaceful 2026 to all! #καληχρονια

Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Merry Christmas 🎄 #καρδινάλιος

ΕΛΥΤΗΣ «Τρία πράγματα να χαίρεσαι στην ζωή σου,την υγεία, δύο φίλους και μια αγάπη»

Καλές γιορτές! We wish you a Merry Christmas, and health, love and joy in the coming year. We are grateful to our supporters, students, and teachers, and to our Cambridge community and neighbors. With every best wish for 2026, The Greek Institute #καλαχριστουγεννα

Such a beautiful painting ‘The Magpie Wedding’ Christian Schmidt-Ramussen Danish artist.

10 🐦πουλιά του ❄️χειμώνα, 1 για κάθε ημέρα μέχρι τα 🎄: #Κοκκινολαίμης | 2️⃣ ημέρες μέχρι τα Χριστούγεννα Τι πιο ταιριαστό στις χειμωνιάτικες μέρες από το “αηδόνι του χειμώνα”! Με χαρακτηριστικό πορτοκαλοκόκκινο πρόσωπο & στήθος, ο "Καλόγιαννος” έχει τολμηρό ταμπεραμέντο!

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Bee-autifully crafted gold ornament in the form of a little bee! 🐝 ❤️ Length 1.90 cm. From Minoan Crete, circa 1700-1600 BC. 📷 British Museum https://t.co/vTQg2bzO5C #Archaeology

#Symi feels like a living painting. Pastel houses stacked gently along the hillside, sunlight warming every color, and the calm Aegean reflecting it all back in silence. There’s a rare harmony here, where architecture, sea, and time seem perfectly aligned. 📷 @VisitGreecegr

Letter to Cavafy by lon Dragoumis (1878-1920), politician, writer, and revolutionary, dated 16 March 1911. Dragoumis refers to the renowned Greek actress and theater manager Marika Kotopouli and expresses his wish to introduce her to the poet. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

Μάθετε ελληνικά! Registration is now open for Cycle Il classes which begin the week of 5 January. Visit https://t.co/sKUXIW0D9X for details. All classes are live via Zoom. Each cycle is 13 weeks. We look forward to seeing you in class! #speakgreek #moderngreek

Panagia Chozoviotissa monastery, built on the mountains of the island Amorgos in Greece.

Ancient Greek equivalent of ‘graduate school yearbook’ discovered on stone.... It lists a group of 31 friends who went through the Athenian ephebate together during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) and was intended to commemorate the close relationships they had

I don’t like listening to myself – I don’t like the kind of voice I have. #MariaCallas

Join us on January 12 for the first lecture in the 2026 Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series.

The Lion Gate of Mycenae with some of the archaeologists who worked on its discovery.

Μάθετε ελληνικά! Cycle ll Language Classes via Zoom begin the week of 05 January. Online registration will be available soon at https://t.co/sKUXIW05kp. (Please note that each cycle is now 13 weeks, rather than ten. #learngreek #moderngreek #greece #greekliterature #speakgreek

Mendelsohn’s translations, in both the Collected Poems and The Unfinished Poems, are not only skilful, but elegant; best of all, they catch the very tone and cadences, together with the terse music, of the originals. https://t.co/pKa84IVSzj

“But the old mirror that had seen so much during a life of many years— thousands of objects and faces— the old mirror was all joy now, proud to have embraced total beauty for a few moments.” – Mirror with carved gilded frame, from Cavafy’s apartment. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

Below us, far away, the road to Paris. You pour some wine upon a tomb. The bees drink with us, the dead approve. Yes, I know that whenever I want to be perfectly alone With the memory of you, of that whole day It's to Vaumort that I'll be turning. — Lawrence Durrell, "Vaumort"