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Sir Alec Issigonis, British-Greek creator of the Mini car; Eleni Konsolaki, archaeologist who researched Methana and the Troezen area in 1990; Vissarion Korkoliacos (1908–1991), Greek Orthodox monk; Polyvios Kossivas, bystander who became famous in the 2004 Olympic Games for helping a runner; Makarios III, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus
His most famous temple is in Delphi, where he established his oracular shrine. His signs and symbols include the laurel wreath, bow and arrow, and lyre. His sacred animals include roe deer, swans, and pythons. Some late Roman and Greek poetry and mythography identifies him as a sun-god, equivalent to Roman Sol and Greek Helios. [2]
Babrius – fabulist; Bacchylides – poet; Basil of Caesarea – Christian saint; Basilides – philosopher; Bathycles of Magnesia – sculptor; Battus – founder of Cyrene; Berenice I of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Set of pictures for a number of famous Eastern Orthodox Christians from various fields. This is primarily a list of notable people who contributed to the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity's theology or culture. However it is also for people whose Eastern Orthodox identity is an important part of their notability.
Stephanos Sahlikis (1330 - after 1391) Greek satyrical poet in Cretan verse. Francesco Barozzi (1537–1604) Italian mathematician, astronomer, translator and writer in Latin. Georgios Chortatzis (1545–1610) Greek dramatist in Cretan verse. Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553–1613/14) Greek romantic poet in Cretan verse.
A list of notable photographers from Greece: Filippos Margaritis (1839–1892, ) Leonidas Papazoglou (1872–1918, Λεωνίδας Παπάζογλου) Nelly's, Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari (1889–1998, Έλλη Σουγιουλτζόγλου-Σεραϊδάρη) Yiorgos Depollas (born 1947) Mary Kay (landscape photographer) Yannis Kontos ...
This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period ...
People from Athens, Greece. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. People from Athens by occupation (18 C) A ...