General History

Parthenon Marbles Come To England When the French and Turks became friends again it became important to get the marbles out of the country as quickly as possible. Louis Francois Sebastien Fauvel had been released from pr...

Elgin as a young man At the end of the eighteenth century Louis Francois Sebastien Fauvel was sent by the French Ambassador to Athens to collect antiquities and send them back to France. This he was able to do by bribin...

The Parthenon or the Temple of Athena was built between 447 and 438 BC in the Doric style under the leadership of Pericles. The acropolis had been the site of an older temple and other monuments which had been destroyed...

Lord Elgin As English Lords go, Thomas Bruce, the Seventh Earl of Elgin was in bad shape in 1798. His health was poor, he was a bachelor and he was broke. He was however well educated and had risen through the ranks of t...

The debate over the Parthenon Marbles has been going on for two centuries and seems to be coming to a head. The statues and reliefs that Lord Elgin had come to draw and make molds from and ended up taking back to England...

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Timothy E. Gregory Ohio State University Aphrodite, Minoans and the Pirates: Archaeology of the Island of Kythera The island of Kythera is a remote and little-known part of he Greek would, mid-way between the Peloponneso...

On July 30th, 1905 M. Wolf discovered asteroid #570 -KYTHERA. I am very intrigued to learn more about M. Wolf, and asteroid #570 -KYTHERA. Can anyone add to our "astronomical" knowledge.

The Antikythera mechanism Links: General plan of all gearing, composite diagram, from De Solla Price, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol 64 No 7 (1974). A reference to the Antikythera mechanism appear...

NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard*, (Part) Day Transcript for 7 June 2002. The business of the House was suspended to hear an address by the President of the Hellenic Republic. It is interesting because reference is made...

uninews The University of Sydney 27 September 2002 Changing the way we look at the world Data detectives: Ian Johnson and Andrew Wilson at work on the TimeMap project By Alison Handmer To say that Ian Johnson and Andrew...

Hellenic Studies Forum - Publications. "Hellenism & the Greek Community" HSF & Neos Kosmos, Ellikon Printers, Melbourne 1997 "Greeks in English Speaking Countries" Proceedings of the 1st International Seminar, HSF, Melbo...

2nd International Conference "Hellenism in the 21st Century" Dates: 1st to 3rd August 1997 Venue: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Organised and hosted by: Hellenic Studies Forum Supported by: General Secretariat for Greek...

Hellenic Studies Forum, Inc. The Hellenic Studies Forum is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of the study of Hellenic history, culture, and sciences, as related to the Hellenes of the Diaspora. HSF org...

1st International Conference "Greeks in English Speaking Countries" Dates: 27 to 30 March 1992 Venue: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Organised and hosted by: Hellenic Studies Forum Supported by: State Government of Victo...

Kytherians, as diaspora Greeks, have entered very enthusiastically and passionately into debates such as the return of the Parthenon Marbles by the British Museum to the Hellenic Republic. We should be encouraged to ente...

Chronology Venetian Rule, 1386-1797. Venice acquired the Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece in 1386. Venice was a major naval power, and the islands were extremely important for control of access to the Adria...

The study of flags is called vexillology - from the Latin - "vexillum" - which was the metal standard - (often, the eagle) - that Roman armies carried as they advanced into battle. The word may not be in some of your dic...

The study of flags is called vexillology - from the Latin - "vexillum" - which was the metal standard - (often, the eagle) - that Roman armies carried as they advanced into battle. The word may not be in some of your dic...

It has been commented upon that given the revolutionary and technologically advanced nature of this mechanism, it is given far too little prominence in the Museum. For a broader introduction to the Antikyhera mechanism -...