HellasUSA: Arts and Humanities

Alli Poli
A non-profit gallery where art is been considered as a daring and playful language.

Archaeological Photograph by E. Eliadis
Elias Eliadis, a Greek photographer specializing in archaeological photography presents his portfolio.

Art Topos
This website is an excellent reference on the Greek fine arts feautring a directory of Greek art galleries, an art forum, and several articles on Greek fine arts.

Black d d White ArtZone
This website features samples from the work of several photographers, a picture gallery, articles on photography, and a collection of links to other art related sites, all in black and white of course.

Byzantium
This website contains references, articles, conference information, and bibliographies relevant to Byzantine Studies.

Eidolo
This website is the online edition of Eidolo, a Greek magazine specializing in photography.

Garsot's Gallery
An on-line gallery featuring the art of Garsot contains the art, biography, and contact information on this great artist.

The Art Directory of Macedonia
A directory of artists, curators, critics, galleries, and art magazines in Macedonia, Greece.

Asia Minor
A presentation on the Greek presence in Asia Minor. This project, aimed at bringing closer the Greek and Turkish people, is a historical account of Greeks living in Turkey, and a joint collaboration of a Greek and a Turk. An excellent presentation and reference. Selected content is available in Greek and Turkish.

Bulfinch's mythology
An excellent resource on Greek mythology.

City of Athens Cultural Organization
This website features information on the city of Athens, cultural events, and a list of publications about Athenian culture.

Dionysus and Greek Wine
This website contains excellent resources on Dionysus and Greek wine in ancient Greece.

Greek Classics
This is the U.S. Library of Congress website for Greek classics.

Greek Costume
An excellent historical overview of Greek costumes.

Greek Jewelry
An excellent reference on the history of Greek Jewelry.

Greek Mythology
This is a well-organized resource on Greek mythology maintained by the University of Haifa library.

Greek Poetry Web Cafe
A website dedicated to modern Greek poetry.

GreekTown
This website features a Grecian atmosphere and contains articles of interest along with a discussion board.

Hellenic Bookspace
Official site of National Book Centre of Greece, this site is an excellent resource for information regarding books and literature in Greece and abroad. It provides information on book matters, presents research reports and archives, and promotes books and literature in Greece.

Hellenic Ministry of Culture
This website contains valuable information on Hellenic culture, museums and archaeological sites, cultural activities, and contemporary arts in Greece.

Learn Greek through the Internet
This online classroom is aimed towards anyone who wishes to learn Greek.

Magical Journey to Greece
This website features an excellent collection of music, pictures, and links to other Greek websites.

MIT's Classics Archives
This website contains a searchable index of hundreds of classical Greek texts for online reading.

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation
An organization dedicated to the research, preservation, study, and presentation of the material culture of Peloponnese. This website contains background information on the organization, as well as its upcoming activities, exhibits, cultural programs.

Presocratic Philosophy
This website contains excellent resources on the subject of Presocratic Philosophy.

Romiosini
This website provides a historical overview of Romiosini from its foundations to the fall of Constantinople.

The Agamemnon Home Page
An excellent directory of links to Greek and Cypriot web sites, information on Greek Mythology, and a useful dance guide.

The Greek World of Mary Renault
This website features a collection of links designed to supplement the eight historical novels Mary Renault wrote about Greece, beginning from the earliest Theseus myths to the classical period and to the Hellenistic Era.

The Literature Spot
This website, maintained in Australia, contains the works of writers of Greek Literature.

The Parthenon Marbles
This website explains the history behind how the Parthenon Marbles ended up in the British Museum and information on the Greek Government's claims for the immediate return of the marbles.

The Perseus Project
This website contains the works of authors in ancient Greek and in English translation, catalog entries for thousands of ancient Greek art works from museums around the world, site and building plans, maps, bibliography, and an excellent overview of ancient Greek history.

Thessaloniki - 1997 Cultural Capital of Europe
This website features information on the celebration of the 1997 selection of Thessaloniki as Cultural Capital of Europe.

Tribute to Constantine P. Cavafy Dedicated to one of the most well-known Greek poets, Constantine P. Cavafy, this website contains a collection of his poems, and a biography.

Greek Dances
An informative guide to Greek dances, their origins, and their different variations can be found at this site.

Opa Dance Troupe of Chicago
This website contains information on this Chicago-based dance troupe, its members, and upcoming performances.

The Greek Folk Dance Resource Manual
This website contains an extensive collection of articles on Greek Folk dancing as well as a bibliography on Greek Dance.

Alkisti Protopsaltis
A site dedicated to the last album of this very popular Greek singer. Contents include lyrics, video clips, news, and production information, for the Alkisti's latest album.

Cheroubem
A Greek Rock band presents its Internet home. Meet the band, listen to some of their songs, read a sample of their lyrics, and see their schedule of upcoming performances.

Dimitris Mitropanos
This is an unofficial but quite comprehensive web site dedicated to one of Greece's most popular singers, Dimitris Mitropanos. Contents include articles, interviews, the artist's album history, lyrics, and everything else you should know about Mitropanos.

Greek Artists Agency Online
Located in Athens, Greece, the Greek Artists Agency Online supplies Greek music and dance artists for performances around the world. More information can be found at the Agency's Internet office.

Greek Music - by Ifigenia Giannopoulou
A comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to Greek Music. In addition, this site contains the latest Greek music news, a directory of Greek record companies, information and recommendations on the Greek night life, interviews with Greek singers, and an extensive collection of articles on the history of Greek music.

Greek National Opera Visit the Internet information desk of the Greek National Opera. Contents include booking information, an event calendar, as well as, the history of the Greek National Opera house.

Greek Songs Database
Here you can find the lyrics for hundreds of Greek songs. This database covers all types of Greek music. Although all lyrics are in Greek, the authors provide a pronunciation guide for those that would like to read Greek songs written with Latin characters.

Greek Songs MIDI collection
Looking for Greek music on the Internet? This is a great collection of music written by famous Greek composers, in MIDI format.

Harris Alexiou
Harris Alexiou is one of Greece's most popular singers. This site contains her complete biography, as well as, extensive references to her work.

Iasos
This is the Internet home of Iasos, a Greek-born musician. This site includes his biography, samples of his work, articles written about him, as well as his schedule of appearances.

Kalis & Co.
This is the Internet site of Kalis & Co, a well-known instrument and string manufacturer. Here you can find some more information on this Greek instrument, as well as parts for it!

Live music in Athens
This site maintained by Istos Internet Services, contains a directory of live music stages in Athens. Site also includes a large collection of music related Internet links.

Mikis Theodorakis
A well organized comprehensive site on the life, the work, and performances of Mikis Theodorakis. Content is available in English, French, and German. An excellent presentation on this famous Greek composer.

Monopoli
An on-line magazine covering music and art events, museums, theaters, and art exhibitions around Athens.

Nestor's Bouzouki Page
On more site dedicated to the bouzouki. Contents include a guide for tuning your bouzouki, several music files in MIDI and TAB format, and a collection to other bouzouki related sites.

Repertorio
This site features a collection of Greek song lyrics.

Sam's Greek Bouzouki Page
A site dedicated to the Greek Bouzouki, the most popular instrument in Greece. Here you will find everything you want about this instrument including instructions in how to tune it, various bouzouki exercises, how to read the tablature, and several files in MIDI format of bouzouki music.

techno:logia
A site dedicated to the "techno" scene in Greece. News, music, DJs, and other information for "techno" fans.

Thanos Kalliris
A site dedicated to one of the most popular among teenagers artist in Greece. Site includes samples of his work (in WAV and MIDI format).

The Rebetika
A site dedicated to Rebetika, songs that represent a significant part of Greek music. This excellent presentation covers everything one wants to know about Rebetiko. The content of this site was part of a dissertation, and includes additional Internet references, as well as an extensive bibliography.

Vangelis Papathanassiou
A site dedicated to Vangelis Papathanassiou. Check out Vangelis' biography, and work.

Ancient Greek Theater
This website is an excellent reference for students of Greek drama and tragedy.

Theater in Greece
This website contains a wealth of information on theater in ancient and modern Greece.

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