Tag: History

Scars of the Past, Hopes for the Future: Reflecting on the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus
On July 20, 1974, the serene island of Cyprus was shattered by the Turkish military invasion, forever altering the lives of Greek Cypriots and leaving a lasting scar on our collective memory. As we approach…
July 16, 2023
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From Greece and Cyprus
The Greek American Story Is Older Than You Think
The Greek-American story did not begin with the great migration of the early 20th century. Long before then, Greeks were already shaping ports, trade, and Orthodox life in America.
July 9, 2023
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The Hydramerican
The Tomb of King Philip II: An Impressive Archaeological Accomplishment
In 1977–78, Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos led a determined team into the Great Tumulus at ancient Aigai, today’s Vergina. It was a dig marked by long days, careful trowel work, and the hope of finding…
May 20, 2023
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The Rusty Greek Blog
Ship Of Destiny: The Averof
My father took me to see her as I was a young boy on one of our many summer trips to Greece. He recalled getting basic naval training on her decks as a naval draftee…
January 5, 2023
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The Hydramerican
Book Review: Proselytes of a New Nation: Muslim Conversions to Orthodox Christianity in Modern Greece
Stories of nations often focus on birth, either in violent revolution or some sort of division or attrition and on key headline events and struggles, such as epic wars or trials of nationhood. Rarely are…
August 29, 2022
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The Hydramerican
World Wide [Greek] Commercial Web, Circa 1815
WWW of course means something completely different in our digital internet-ubiquitous era. “Web” prior to our disruptive times could mean that of a spider, or some other set of connections. In this case, I refer…
August 4, 2022
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The Hydramerican
The Brothers Macedonian
I have written extensively about the Macedonian Issue over the past two decades and, rather than add my own two drachmas on this matter here (I have said plenty elsewhere over the years) I would…
August 3, 2022
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The Hydramerican
Greeks in Hungary, a History in Two Acts
The Greek presence in Hungary is one of the oldest in Greece’s modern Diaspora, predating the Greek state by well over a century. It is, further, one of the most interesting because, as a tragic…
July 20, 2022
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The Hydramerican
Greeks and Ukraine, a Long History
The Greeks’ presence on the northern shore of the Black Sea, what is now Ukraine and Russia, goes back millennia, even before the Classical Greek era. The Mycenaeans, one of history’s first seafaring cultures, knew…
March 25, 2022
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The Hydramerican
Silent Empire Builders – Greeks and Serbs in the Russian and Austrian Empires
History favors the headlines rather than the fine print. Not unlike social media today, what is usually remembered are the posts and tweets rather than the long, complicated, but often far more rewarding reads. In…
June 17, 2021
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The Hydramerican
The Greek Sailor: A Savvy Technocrat With A Heritage Over The Millennia
The story of Greek sailors is one of the oldest Greek narratives. One of the first classics of literature chronicled the travels of one Odysseus. We have the far-flung Classical Greek colonies all across the…
June 14, 2021
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The Hydramerican
Remembering the Greek Genocide
Between 1913-1922 Ottoman authorities and the Turkish National movement led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk embarked on a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting the Christian minorities of the former Ottoman Empire. These minorities included Assyrians,…
May 18, 2021
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From Greece and Cyprus