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...Wall," a documentary directed by Panikkos Chrysanthou, a Greek Cypriot, and Niyazi Kizilyurek, a Turkish Cypriot, serves as a centerpiece for the conference. The title of the documentary, which was itself partly funded by a German television network, alludes to the most famous wall of the late 20th century. The title recognizes that the situation in Cyprus, although bearing many similarities to the one that previously existed in Germany, is unique...
...something heroic and epic to the underlying themes," says Patrick Stewart, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. "In terms of its ambition, the stage on which it was set was Homeric." Says Shatner: "I think there is a need for the culture to have a myth, like the Greeks had. We don't have any. So I think people look to Star Trek to set up a leader and a hearty band of followers. It's Greek classical storytelling." Not that the stars buy all the highfalutin analyses of their work. Kirk has been described as a classic Kennedyesque...
...most students who decide to make the move either join Greek chapters or end up living with students of the same ethnic background, according to Glasser. He adds that a large number of students living off-campus are athletes who make friends through their sports, and not their colleges...
...Salon. It no longer mattered, at least from the viewpoint of painting, who won the Battle of Gaugamela, or which model was standing in for Phryne and which for Aspasia. In due course, movies like Spartacus and The Ten Commandments would satisfy the need once felt for Bible scenes, Greek agoras and Roman battles. What was left to painting was the here and now, and that was where Impressionism, child of Courbet's realism, came into its glory...
Hubris -- a kind of convulsive, ambitious pride -- was the tragic flaw in many a Greek hero, but it is life's blood to theater people. What else gives them the courage to put epic dreams on a bare stage, to evoke ancient empires with only words and a few props? Arrogance is the mother of theatrical invention, and the spur to Douglas C. Wager's new production of Derek Walcott's The Odyssey at the Arena Stage in Washington...