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The Oldenburg Dynasty of Greece: The Reigns of Six Greek Kings From George I to Constantine II

By: Emily Chauviere

Ancient Greek Olympic Games Revival: Birth of First Modern Olympics

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Royal Court Dress and Fashions in Greece: Crinolines and Ethnic Greek Costumes in 19thC Athens

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Historic Botanical Garden of Athens, Greece: Botanists of the Haseki Estate or Votanikos

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

National Garden, The Kipos of Queen Amalia: Athens Historic Attraction

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Building the Corinth Canal: Garibaldi General and Hungarian Engineers in Greece

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The Greco-Turkish War of 1897: From Cretan Revolt to War in Thessaly

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Scandalous Love Affairs: Jane Digby and the Greek War of Independence Chieftain, Hadjipetros

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Love Stories in History: Jane Digby and Count Theotokis - Scandalous Love Affairs in Greece

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Greek Riots: Street Violence in Athens

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The First Marathon: Spiros Louis in the Athens 1896 Olympics

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The First Modern Olympics: The Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens, Greece

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The Monasteries of Meteora Greece: Examples of Byzantine Style Churches and Post-Byzantine Artwork

By: Beverly Yip

The Bankruptcy of Greece in 1893: Depression, Loans, Export Trade and the Greek Economy

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Trikoupis and the Dedilomeni Principle: Greek Political Parties in the reign of King George

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Trikoupis and the Modernization of Greece: The Greek Railways in the 19th Century

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

King Otto of Greece – Reign 1832-1862: Uprising, Constitution and Greek Political Parties, 1843-1862

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Capodistrias and the Greek Independent State: Reforms of and Opposition to the First Governor of Greece

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Rigas Feraios and His Greek Republic: A New Political Constitution for the Balkans

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The Greek War of Independence of 1821: Greek Revolution – Origins and Outbreak

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Filiki Etairia and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Members, Structure and Aim of a 19th-century Secret Organization

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Origins of the Greek War of Independence: How the Orthodox Christians Became Greeks

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Ancient Greek Heroes: Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus and More!

By: Christopher Minster

The Later History of Corfu: The Shakespeare Connection and the Modern Period

By: Karen Murdarasi

The History of Corfu: The Ancient and Medieval Periods

By: Karen Murdarasi

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