We hope everybody had a restful and enjoyable summer! On Sunday, October 5th, at 6:30 pm we are planning to have an informal dinner at Athens Pizza. We will also have our elections for the new HAS board at the same time. If you have ideas about new activities that we could organize this year, please let us know.
Athens Pizza is located at:
1341 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033
404-636-1100
See you on October 5th!
On behalf of the HAS Board,
George A. Kardomateas
All the magic of Athens… Just miles from home!
The Atlanta Greek Festival brings all the aromas, sounds, tastes and traditions of Greece to your doorstep. Your admission ticket becomes your passport as you enjoy all the Beauty of Santorini and the Fun of Mykonos. The Annunciation Cathedral and the Atlanta Greek Community are proud to host the Atlanta Greek Festival.
Let the scents of oregano and garlic, and the fragrance of coffee and cinnamon take you back to a simpler yet tastier place.
Our cooks know all the secrets to fine Greek cuisine. And with all food items available continuously during the Festival hours you can take this trip as often as you ’d like.
The Atlanta Greek Festival Drive-thru
Are you in a hurry? Sneak away from the office and grab lunch at the Atlanta Greek Festival Drive Thru! Click here for menu!
Music . . . Dancing . . . Singing . . .
The Greeks call it Kefi – when the music is playing and the joys of life consume you making you want to jump, dance and yell OPA! The Atlanta Greek Festival is all about Kefi!
Let the continuous live Greek music and traditional bouzouki fill you while you enjoy our spectacular, energetic live traditional Greek dance performances by Atlanta’s very own national-award winning dancers.
HOURS
Thursday 5:00 pm -10:00 pm
Friday 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
The Greek Festival is here, and so are the after-parties! This’s year’s event on Friday night will be at The Warren (in the Highlands). These events are a great way to bring everyone together and party after a hard day’s work – serving up gyros and frappedes.
IMPORTANT: As was the case last year, there will be a $5 cover at The Warren for those ON THE LIST (see Facebook page for this event to include your name by commenting on the page’s wall).
Age: 21+
The Greek Festival is here, and so are the after parties! Our Saturday Greek Night will be at Taverna Plaka, where we’ll have a private event just for us in the entire back room. We’re also delighted to have the best music played by DiscoHristo! We’re anticipating a large crowd, so we may also add the front room later in the night.
These events are a great way to bring everyone together and party after a hard day’s work serving up gyros and frappedes…please invite anyone that I missed or am not connected to. Looking forward to this year’s Greek Fest with you all!
SATURDAY GREEK NIGHT DETAILS:
Where: Taverna Plaka
Address: 2196 Cheshire Bridge Rd, Atlanta, GA 30324
When: 11:00PM
Cover: $5
Parking: Complementary Valet
Central Georgia Greek Festival
hosted by
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church
Join us for Authentic Greek Food, Live Music, Dancing, Shopping, Jewelry, Religious Artifacts, Art and Church Tours
The HELLENIC STUDIES PROGRAM
of Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church
presents our annual
“OXI DAY” CELEBRATION
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Immediately following the Divine Liturgy
Luncheon and Program featuring the children of our community
Adults – $10
Children (12 and under) – $5
Meals “to go” – $8
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the third in our fall series of lectures in ancient history and archaeology. On Monday, October 27th, Dr. Sarah Murray, the Distinguished Professor Digital Humanities in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, will give a lecture entitled “Men of Many Wiles: Homeric Heroes as Masters of International Finance.”
While the Late Bronze Age in the Mediterranean is widely considered to have been a time of bustling internationalism, when wealthy kings engaged in lucrative trade relations with distant peers across the watery ways, most scholars believe that elites of the succeeding Greek Dark Age engaged in little overseas trade besides occasional small-scale gift exchange and piracy. A more careful reading of the Homeric poems and the related archaeological evidence from Early Greece suggests that trade continued, albeit in an altered institutional setting, right through the Greek Dark Age, and that Homeric kings were direct heirs of the Late Bronze Age world system, in which trading was seen as a necessary, but ideologically problematic, activity that needed to be couched in a bombastic language of gift exchange. In this talk, proceeding from a review of the colorful debate between those who believe that the Iliad and Odyssey are works of pure fiction–and hence of little use for reconstructing the social, political, and economic reality of early Greece–and those seeking to uncover a kernel of historical truth at the core of the fantastical adventures of these epic heroes, Dr. Murray will argue that Odysseus and his fellow kings (basileis) should be seen as ambitious economic actors, not just reckless adventurers out for fame and fortune on the high seas.
The lecture will begin at 4:30pm in the New Troy Moore Library, on the 23rd floor at 25 Park Place (the old Sun Trust building) on the Georgia State University campus.
There will be food and refreshments served before and after the lecture; this event is free and open to the public. Click to view event flyer.
