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“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.”
- Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

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VICKI LIVIAKIS: “WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS… WE DANCE”

We had the great pleasure of speaking with Vicki recently. You can see some of that interview here.

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VIRTUE

“Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same?... While the word ‘virtue’ comes from the Latin virtus, meaning specifically moral strength, the original Greek term was arete, which meant ‘that which is good’ or, more succinctly, excellence.”

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PRAISEWORTHY

Antonia Tsiandi-Sum, this edition’s Antonios Kounalakis Award winner, wears her name — which means praiseworthy — well.

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WELL, DOGGONE IT, BRAVO SAS

This edition’s Bravo Sou Award goes to Lesbos’s Hott Spott cafe for reminding us of what a big heart makes possible in the world. “Once all customers are gone, Hott Spott welcomes the city’s homeless dogs to come in and enjoy a safe, warm spot to sleep for the night. Most of them can be seen on the couches of the café, getting that sacred good night sleep that strays on the street are never able to find.”

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HERCULES

"When you see statues of Hercules, it's not in the sense of seeing a statue of Superman or Batman, or some sort of protective force," she said. "It's more of an idea of barely controlled power… the ability through strength and bravery of overcoming the limits of the human condition.”

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SUSPICION CONFIRMED, DR. COSMOPOULOS

“On his first visit to the site, Dr. Cosmopoulos noticed an exceptionally large mound among the olives; based on the sheer quantity of Mycenaean pottery found on the ground, he suspected that a considerable settlement was likely buried beneath his feet.”
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Listen to more about this story on The Greek Current podcast.

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SPECTACLE, CHARACTER, PLOT, SPEECH, MUSIC, & REASONING

Listen to this episode of Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic podcast to learn Aristotle’s guide to storytelling.
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Speaking of storytelling, a chapter of one of the most captivating stories in modern Greek operatic history will be told by these folks.

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FIVE HOURS

That’s how long renewable energy sources fully covered Greece’s electricity needs last week.​
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Maybe Giannis's energy and the light he shines everywhere he goes can be harnessed as another source of renewable energy for the world.

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BEST BEACHES?

Here’s one writer’s top 10 list just for you.

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ARISTOTLE → COMPUTERS

“Logic began as a way to understand the laws of thought. It then helped create machines that could reason according to the rules of deductive logic. Today, deductive and inductive logic are being combined to create machines that both reason and learn.”

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Opa!

Peter and the Greece Is The Word Crew

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