This Greek actress is now Greece's Minister of Culture
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Melina Mercouri - Biography - IMDb  Melina Mercouri was born in Athens, Greece on October 18, 1920. ... to hold a Senior cabinet post "Minister of Culture" in the Greek government. In 1971 she wrote her autobiography titled "I Was Born Greek." Melina wed actor Jules Dassin in 1966 and remained married to him until .... Now they are in the British Museum.
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Greek Actress, Politician Melina Mercouri Dies at 70 : Films: Famous ...  Mar 7, 1994 ... Melina Mercouri, the throaty actress who rocketed to international fame as ... and went on to become Greece's passionate minister of culture, died.
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Melina Mercouri | Greek actress and politician | Britannica.com  Greek actress and political activist who was the minister of culture in her country's first ... After the collapse of the dictatorship in 1974, she returned to Greece and...
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Melina Mercouri, Actress and Politician, Is Dead - NYTimes.com  Mar 7, 1994 ... Melina Mercouri, the vivacious actress with a husky laugh who went on to become Greece's Minister of Culture, died ... Coming from a politically prominent family, the actress was a ... "I like myself better now," she said in 1978.
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Melina Mercouri - Wikipedia  Melina Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician. Contents. [hide]. 1 Early Life; 2 ... After her graduation, Mercouri joined the National Theatre of Greece and played the .... When PASOK won the elections of 1981, Mercouri was appointed Minister for Culture of Greece, being .... "And now what will happen, Melina?
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Ancient Greek Theatre - Crystalinks  The theatre of Ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a theatrical culture that ... to Dionysus before performances, or to goat-skins worn by the performers. ... to help the audience follow the performance, commented on main themes, and ... In the second generation of Athenian tragedy the chorus often had a more...
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Melina Mercouri - Wikipedia  Melina Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician. Contents. [hide]. 1 Early Life; 2 ... As an actress, Mercouri made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met ... in 1977 and became the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. ... In 1967, she played the leading role in Illya Darling (from 11 April 1967 to 13...
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Stylianos Pattakos, last survivor of the 1967 Greek military junta ...  Oct 9, 2016 ... Stylianos Pattakos (left) with Georgios Papadopoulos Credit: ... head of his then-fourteen-year-old son, the future prime minister George ... puppet government (though Pattakos became interior minister), but all ... We enriched the country. ... he returned to his native Crete, a few months after seizing power,...
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Melina Mercouri - Wikipedia  Melina Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician. Contents. [hide]. 1 Early Life; 2 Acting career. 2.1 Early years on stage; 2.2 International success; 2.3 Filmography ... As an actress, Mercouri made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met .... In anticipation of the return of the marbles, she held an international...
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The Nine Muses of the Greek Mythology  The Nine Muses of the Greek Mythology protected the arts in ancient Greece. ... She was depicted holding a lyre and love arrows and bows. 7. ... Today, the most famous depiction of the Muses in sculpture is in Greece, in Corfu; the Empress...
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MUSES (Mousai) - Greek Goddesses of Music, Poetry & the Arts  The Muses were the ancient Greek goddesses of music, song and dance, ... In ancient Greek vase painting the Mousai were depicted as beautiful young women .... is the first that states the names of all the nine, and these nine names .... Erato, the Muse of erotic poetry and mimic imitation, sometimes, also, has the lyre; 7.
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Edith Hamilton | American author and educator | Britannica.com  From an early age Edith was an eager student of Greek and Roman literature. ... a year at the universities of Leipzig and Munich (they were the first women to attend ... of Aeschylus and Euripides in Three Greek Plays (1937) were among the first to ... The Great Age of Greek Literature (1943), Spokesmen for God (1949), and...
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Articles about Ramiz - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel  Fatos Nano, a reform Communist, resigned as premier Tuesday in the face of a ... Alia has asked Ylli Bufi to become prime minister and to form a Cabinet. ... Alia has tentatively signalled it was ready to end the country's self-imposed isolation. ... a transitional government in this impoverished Balkan nation, the state news...
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Muse - Wikipedia  The Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek ... 6 Modern use; 7 Gallery; 8 See also; 9 References; 10 External links .... Thalia, muse of comedy, holding a comic mask (detail from the Muses...
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Hellenic Mythology - Hera, Goddess of Marriage - Mythology Art  Hera (play /hr/; Hellenic , Hra, equivalently , Hr, in Ionic and Homer) was the wife of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of classical...
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Katina Paxinou - Wikipedia  Katina Paxinou was a Greek film and stage actress. She started her stage career in Greece in ... Paxinou was born Aikaterini Konstantopoulou ( ... she won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture. ... After that film, Paxinou worked for a Hollywood studio only once more,...
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Maria Callas - the famous Greek soprano - Greek music Greek songs  Maria Callas was born Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos to Greek ... who emigrated from Greece to Long Island New York, in August 1923. ... but she was not as tall as Jackie, and so appeared more plump in comparison. ... When another diva fell ill during a run of "I Puritani", Callas agreed to sing the .... Thank you!
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Melina Mercouri | Greek actress and politician | Britannica.com  Greek actress and political activist who was the minister of culture in her ... New York City, New York ... She ran unsuccessfully that year for deputy from the same Piraeus district that had ... She served in the post until 1989, when PASOK lost power; she was .... He was chancellor from January 30, 1933, and, after President.
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Alexandra Tydings - Wikipedia  Alexandra Huntingdon Tydings, also called Alexandra Tydings Luzzatto(born December 15, 1972), is an American actress, best known for her role as Greek goddess Aphrodite on the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess. ... She began as a student in the 1990s, and received the idea of playing loud...
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THALIA (Thaleia) - Greek Goddess Muse of Comedy & Bucolic Poetry  Thalia was one of the nine Muses, the ancient Greek goddesses of music, song and dance. ... Her name was derived from the Greek word thaleia, meaning blooming. ... I [a bird] sing with you in the groves and on the mountain tops, tiotiotiotinx. ... of comedies], Thalia [muse of comedy] would have rejoiced and praised his...
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Portraits: Saskia as Flora: woman, shepherdess or goddess?  He painted this goddess of spring and flowers three times: 1634 ( Saskia as ... relationship was his muse, model and beloved wife in one person Saskia van...