• Self-Portraits by Nineteenth-Century Greek Painters 

  Markatou, Dora (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  The subject of this paper is the self-portrait, and, in particular, the ways in which Greek painters of the 19th century supported and expanded the genre. A series of self-portraits of painters who lived beyond the borders ...

• Parmenides, Hegel and Special Relativity 

  Mann, Scott (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  This paper explores two different responses to the metaphysics of Parmenides. It highlights the importance of Parmenides in the development of the Hegelian Dialectic. And it examines some of the parallels between Parmenides ...

• Medicine in Ancient Cyprus 

  Michaelides, Demetrios (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  In ancient times, Cyprus played an important role in the science of Medicine. This was largely due to its rich mineral deposits and its varied vegetation, both of which were primary sources for the preparation of medicaments. ...

• The Dying and Deathless Musician in Modern Greek Culture: Nikos Xylouris and Manos Loizos 

  Michael, Despina (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  The aim of this paper is to explore the way that the image of popular musicians in Greece is informed, modified and transformed by death. The image of the dying musician has become established in Greek tradition and is a ...

• Mythology in the Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius 

  Radová, Irena (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Scholia represent a significant heritage of the ancient critics’ philological activity. Their main aim was to contribute to correct understanding of the text while taking into account not only the linguistic and literary ...

• The Australian Contribution to the United Nations Force in Cyprus 

  Christodoulides, Nikos (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  This paper, based on Australian sources, aims to examine the logic behind Australia’s decision to contribute a police unit in the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964. It offers answers to questions such as: ...

• Η Ποίηση του Γ. Ρίτσου και τα Ρέοντα Σύνορα της Θηλυκότητας 

  Kotopoulos, Triandafyllos H.; Karasavidou, Helen (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Please note: this article is in Greek. Ritsos, and the crossing borders of femininity: This inter-disciplinary paper seeks to examine the perception of Modern Greek history and the feminine in Ritsos poetry. In many cultures ...

• History, Identity and Culture of the Borderland Community of Tsamantas in Epirus, North-Western Greece 

  Konstadakopulos, Dimitrios (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Before the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the twentieth century, nationality was not of great significance to the people of Epirus; instead, diverse elements — cultural, historical, social and spatial ...

• Όψεις και ιδιαιτερότητες του Εθνικού Διχασμού στην Κύπρο, 1914–1920 

  Katsiari, Paraskevi (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Please note: this article is in Greek. National Schism in Cyprus, 1914–1920: aspects and particularities: The intense dispute between the prime minister Eleftherios Veniselos and King Constantine regarding Greece’s position ...

• Η συμβολή πεζού – ποιητικού λόγου στο έργο του Γιάννη Ρίτσου. Πρώτες επισημάνσεις 

  Karatassou, Katerina (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Please note: this article is in Greek. The confluence of prose and poetic discourse in Yiannis Ritsos’ work. Initial observations: Yiannis Ritsos since 1936 — and especially during the years 1956–1975 — developed an ...

• A Turning Point in the Long History of Hestia Publishers & Booksellers: The Dictatorship Years and the Aftermath 

  Karakatsouli, Anna (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Hestia Publishers & Booksellers is the oldest Greek publishing house in operation since 1885, without interruption. This paper covers the evolution of the enterprise focusing on the company’s publishing strategy at the ...

• Νέες πολιτισμικές γεωγραφίες στην Αθήνα του εικοστού πρώτου αιώνα: το κέντρο της παλιάς πόλης ως όριο και σκηνή θεάτρου “Πολιτισμός: Life-style ή Modus Vivendi στο ιστορικό κέντρο της Αθήνας;" 

  Karaiskou, Vayia-Vicky (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Please note: this article is in Greek. New Cultural Geographies in twenty first century Athens: the old towns’ center as stage and borderline: for many decades the new formed Hellenic state needed to refer to its ancient ...

• The Inverted World of the Amazons: Aspects of a Persistent Myth in Early Modern Greek Literature 

  Kaplanis, Tassos A. (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  The myth of the Amazons has been one of the most potent and popular of all Greek myths from its inception to the present day. In the first part of this paper, a presentation of its basic elements is attempted. This ...

• Across Cultural Boundaries: Greek and Aboriginal Australians in Contact 

  Kanarakis, George (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  The Greeks and the Indigenous people of Australia represent two cultures of ancient origins within the dominant Australian society. Opposing discrimination on the basis of ethnic and minority distinctions, both support the ...

• Shakin’ the World Over: The Greek-Australian Milk Bar 

  Janiszewski, Leonard; Alexakis, Effy (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  In Sydney, late in 1932, Joachim Tavlaridis — known as Mick Adams — opened Australia’s first modern “American-style” milk bar: the Black & White 4d. Milk Bar. Indeed, Adams’ milk bar was the world’s first. Within five ...

• Reflections on Primary Resource Material Research in Lahania, a Greek Village on the Island of Rhodes and Migration to Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia. Part Two 

  Hedrick, Claude (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  The brief upsurge of positive contributions to Lahania in the mid-1920s by the Italians was swept away by the Fascism that was imposed in the next decade. This imposition affected the daily lives of the villagers, their ...

• Anaximander’s Zoogony 

  Gregory, Andrew (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Aetius v, 19, 4 gives the following account of Anaximander’s zoogony: Ἀναξίμανδρος ἐν ὑγρῷ γεννησθῆναι τὰ πρῶτα ζῷα φλοιοῖς περιεχόμενα ἀκανθώδεσι, προβαινούσης δὲ τῆς ἡλικίας ἀποβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὸ ζηρότερον καὶ περιρρηγνυμένου ...

• Finding the Boundaries of Tolerance: Exploring Attitudes to Health Illness and Disability 

  Gavriel, Athena (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Stigma, silence and little in-depth research into Hellenes’ worldviews and practices regarding health, especially mental health, illness and disability, were catalysts for interpretative mixed method research, primarily ...

• The Evolution of Greek Identity through the Study of Selected Short Stories of Greek Australian Writers: 1901–2001 

  Garivaldis, Andrea (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  This paper draws from a larger project on the diasporic and transnational identities in the writing of Greek Australians. It examines the diasporic notions of Greek identity in Australia through the analysis of selected ...

• Aristotle on Non-Contradiction 

  Couvalis, Spyridon George (Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)

  Aristotle’s defence of the principle of non-contradiction has been recently criticized by Graham Priest. I argue that Priest’s arguments do not work against the primary version of Aristotle’s principle; Priest relies on ...

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