#WorldBeardDay 🧔🏻Hadrian was the first Roman emperor to wear a full beard. This has usually been seen as a mark of his philhellenism. However, the Historia Augusta claims he wore a beard to cover facial blemishes.
Beards were also fashionable among Roman soldiers. Many of the…
Yesterday at the Philhellenism Museum, the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism awarded Artur Lompart the Lord Byron Medal for his contribution to promoting Philhellenism & its values and 🇵🇱-🇬🇷 cooperation. He received the Medal together with HE Ambassador of HU, Mr. Erik Haupt.
The irony! (…gd Anc Greek word) - with Kyriakos Mitsotakis Victoria Hislop Greece in UK - celebrating #PhilHellenism just moments before Rishi Sunak cancelled diplomatic meeting. What a failure of xenia !
Antigone Journal Sparked my Philhellenism, which eventually morphed into a love of Rome through later exposure to ancient history.
Today, we celebrate the Philhellenism and International Solidarity Day. #OnThisDay , we pay tribute to thousands of #Philhellenes who rushed to help #Greece 🇬🇷 throughout history in the pursuit of #freedom and #democracy .
The questions from today’s audience on Hase’s “cultural” philhellenism (on the example of G. Theocharopoulos) were both thought-provoking and engaging. Plenty of avenues for further exploration of H.’s engagement for Greece. Thanks to all for the kind reception! The British School at Athens Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
Attending the first conference on behalf of the LAGOOS project this week. And what a way to start! “Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Towards a Global History” organised by The British School at Athens and Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) at the National Library of Greece (ΕΒΕ) (bsa.ac.uk/events/interna…)
#OnThisDay 19 April 1824 Lord Byron died at #Messolonghi
Lord Byron was a British poet, peer, politician, leading figure in the Romantic movement & figurehead of European Philhellenism during the 🇬🇷 War of Independence
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The result of cooperation PLinGreece with the Hellenic Foundation for Scientific Research and the Faculty of Artes Liberales of the University of Warsaw is the collective work 'The Greek War of Independence and Polish Philhellenism (1821-1833)'
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Very excited to be speaking at ‘Culture and Identity: Individuals and Societies in Conversation’ History, Classics and Religion Graduate Conference ! I’ll be presenting my paper: “A Certain Greek Kinship: Ireland, Ancient Greece and Hibernian Philhellenism”. Panel starting now! TCDClassics Trinity Long Room Hub
Delivering a lecture on “Trade and its Role in Environmental Sustainability” and accepting the Lord Byron International Prize from the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism in Athens. Great to be in the company of other laureates, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and…
