The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories

✍ Scribed by Andreas Karkavitsas; Johanna Hanink; Johanna Hanink

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 330 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0143136240

✦ Synopsis

Translated into English for the first time,The Archeologist is a landmark of Greek national literature, and an important document in the history of archeology and classicism. Published for the bicentennial year of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence.
A Penguin Classic
The year 2021 marks the bicentennial of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence. This historical milestone provides the impetus for a new period of intensified reflection on the past, present, and future of Greece, especially in light of recent financial and humanitarian challenges the country has found itself facing: the debt crisis that began in the last days of 2009 and the migration crisis five years later. These crises had already stirred renewed and often animated debate about Greek national identity, especially in relation to Europe, and the legacy of classical antiquity remains central to how that relationship is imagined. Where does Greece fit into the modern world and...