The Hellenic Society

27/08/2026

'Orpheus and Eurydice: A New Q***r Opera Premieres at the Cockpit Theatre This September'

A contemporary chamber opera reimagines the Greek myth with Bauhaus aesthetics and dark comedy at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival.

27/08/2026

'The Athens workshop turning tourists into marble carvers'

In a marble workshop in Mets, an Athens neighborhood, tourists are trading sightseeing for chisels. For about a year, the Georgiou family, third-generation sculptors, has opened its workshop to visitors eager to try the fading craft of marble carving.

26/08/2026

'‘I Believe in the Power of Anachronism’: Alison Gingeras on Bringing Contemporary Art to an Antiquities Museum '

In "Irruption of Antiquity," the surreal paintings of Aleksandra Waliszewska infiltrate the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture in Athens.

26/08/2026

'2,000-Year-Old Ancient Greek Song Comes to Life at Nashville’s Parthenon'

Ancient Greece meets modern music at Parthenon Nashville, where the Nine Muses and the 2,000-year-old Seikilos Epitaph.

26/08/2026

Registration now open for our new online course! Exploring the World of Sappho, with Sam Newington. Live weekly sessions start Wednesday 16 September (6-7.30pm, UK time), or watch the recordings when it suits you!

11/08/2026

We are expecting our (free) event 'Power Politics: Thucydides to Trump. The exercise of power internationally through the ages' to be popular so please book to ensure your place.

22 Sept 2026, 7pm at Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

https://www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/news/events/

“The strong do what they have the power to do, and the weak fall into line.” (Thuc. Hist. V. 89).

Was that the prevailing view in the Ancient World, and if so what lessons do the
results carry for politics today ? What international ethical or legal constraints have
societies tried to place on raw power, and with what success ? This event will explore these questions, drawing on our panel’s expertise in international relations, both ancient and modern.

10/08/2026

The Odyssey is getting all the attention -but the Iliad is also available (as are many, many other stories from antiquity).

Emily Wilson's new translation of The Iliad offers fresh insights into an ancient text – she discusses Homer's epic poem with the author Natalie Haynes.

30/07/2026

'Someone Scratched Homer’s Odyssey Into a Brick 1,800 Years Ago '

The stuff of legends.

29/07/2026

'Odysseus wasn’t real, but he had real worshipers'

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For nearly 3,000 years, Homer’s “The Odyssey” has reigned as literature’s ultimate road trip.