Word: greeks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...remarkable thing that you have done in publishing some of the rare, fine Byzantine iconography in your April 13 issue, together with your story on the expedition to the Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine. No detraction of appreciation is intended of your fine color plates by pointing out that your descriptions were purely secular...
Ismet Inonu, who last week was stoned by Turks in the very town where, 37 years ago, he captured the Greek commander after shattering the Greek armies...
...wanton censorship, threatened to take the issue to the actors themselves, by "force if necessary; jail does not frighten me." With the fire of battle glinting once again in his green eyes, Siqueiros scoffed: "What kind of tragedy did you expect me to portray in a mural?°A Greek tragedy? Nonsense. For me, tragedy in present-day Mexico is the struggle of labor to become independent of government control. Besides, why are you so shocked? You knew what my politics were before you contracted...
...political embodiment of Greek humanism was the city-state, which provided order instead of anarchy, freed the individual from the frenzied worship of nature gods, and destroyed the rigid cult of the family, including the blood feud. The major demerit was that the Hellenes soon "took to worshipping their city-states as gods, instead of treating them simply as public utilities." Inevitably, this produced the first Hellenic martyr, Socrates, who compelled Athens "to choose between respecting his conscience and taking his life...
Rebel Without a Cause has all the fatalistic qualities of a Greek drama combined with the twisted and decadent realism of a Tennessee Williams play. The plot of the movie largely depends upon the tragedy of misunderstanding; Jim Stark's parents misunderstand him; the same is true for Judy; Plato tries to forget his parents and adopts Jim as his father-image ("Why couldn't you have been my Dad?"); and, as usual, the police manage to misunderstand everyone...