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I Wept for Greece

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Ron Pavellas

The book is “Postcards from Greece,” by Victoria Hislop. The story she tells is soulful and compelling. Briefly, it is two stories intertwined: the present-day narrator’s, during her trip to Greece, and that of the writer of the postcards, an unknown … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek culture, Greek History, History | Tagged Cartes Postales from Greece, eleftheria i thanatos, Freedom or Death, Greek Church, Greek Civil War, Holy Roman Empire, philhellenes, Republic of Turkey, Treaty of Constantinople | Leave a comment

Liberty & Freedom

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

I have been reading the Englishman John Stuart Mills’s essay On Liberty, first published in 1859. Here is a taste: The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in…history, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England. … Continue reading →

Posted in Government & Politics, Philosophy & Psychology | Tagged eleftheria, Freedom or Death, Gilbert and Sullivan, Greece, Greek War of Independence, Hellenic Republic, Iolanthe, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty | 7 Comments

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