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The journey of Odysseus presented in Homer's Odyssey is a quintessential example of nostos in Ancient Greek literature. Nostos (Ancient Greek: νόστος) is a theme used in Ancient Greek literature, which includes an epic hero returning home, often by sea. In Ancient Greek society, it was deemed a high level of heroism or greatness for those ...
The Carians next appear in records of the early centuries of the first millennium BC; Homer's writing about the golden armour or ornaments of the Carian captain Nastes, the brother of Amphimachus and son of Nomion, [4] reflects the reputation of Carian wealth that may have preceded the Greek Dark Ages and thus recalled in oral tradition.
Anestis Nastos (Greek: Ανέστης Νάστος; born 28 April 1989) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back [1] for Super League 2 club Panachaiki. Early career [ edit ]
Spyridon Mercouris - Greek politician and long-serving mayor of Athens in the early 20th century. George S. Mercouris - Greek politician who served as a Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, founder of the Greek National Socialist Party; Stamatis Merkouris - Greek Army officer and politician, who served as an MP and a Cabinet Minister.
Nastos is a youth product of PAOK FC and had contract with the club of Thessaloniki from 1996 to 2003. In the meantime he had played for AEL and Kalamata on loan. Nastos previously played for Perugia Calcio, Vicenza Calcio and Ascoli Calcio in Serie B. [2] His contract with Atromitos wasn't renewed and so the player was released by the club on ...
Baldock qualified to represent Greece through a paternal grandmother and played for the national team 12 times during his career. “It was a really special game for us because of George and of ...
Ranking in Greece World position Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth 1: 513: Maria Angelicoussis Greece: $6.4 billion: Daughter of John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) 2: 717: George Economou Greece: $4.8 billion: Greek shipping tycoon who owns several privately held firms under his TMS Group and Dryships ...
George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, has been holding secret talks with the Greek prime minister over the possible return of the Elgin Marbles.