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Coincidentally to my writing this column about the metaphysical implications of athletics, I'm taking Literature and Arts C-14 this semester, "The Concept of the Hero in Ancient Greek Civilization." According to Professor Gregory Nagy, athletics to the ancient Greeks were the ultimate contest. Ultimate victory required giving all of yourself to the contest, and in this way ultimate victory was analogous to death...
Macedonia has historically been a Greek region but is currently part of Bulgaria--a fact which in the past caused considerable tension between Greece and Bulgaria...
However, Stephanopoulos assured his audience that "Greek relations with Bulgaria are smooth...
Cyprus, another formerly Greek region, was occupied by Turkey during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and remains so today, to the dismay of Greece...
Stephanopoulos' speech last night followed an address to Harvard undergraduates and graduates of Greek descent yesterday afternoon, where he was presented with a plaque from the Hellenic Students Society by its president, loannis Dossios...