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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Check out the blog post written by our intern, Nicole Kulova—a student from York University—about her experience working abroad this summer at the CIG! Blog: www.cig-icg.gr/from-my-time... #greece #intern #travel #yorkuniversity #canada

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The CIG's Summer School offered a group of students from the Université de Montréal an opportunity to immerse themselves in Greek Classical art. View their sketches in the latest summer school blog, available here: FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/greece-th... EN: www.cig-icg.gr/greece-throu... #greece #art

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Agora Museum occupies the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, built 150 BCE as a royal gift and commercial centre. Burned in 267 CE, it was rebuilt in 1953–56 to house finds from the Agora excavations. Entry is included with the Agora ticket. #Athens #History

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An advantage of interning at the CIG is the opportunity to explore more of Europe while based in Athens. In June, our intern Nicole visited Vienna, where she toured the UN headquarters, sampled local delicacies, and explored the city's history, art, and architecture. #intern #travel #vienna

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The anglophone Summer School, taking place throughout Attica and the Peloponnese from May 17 to June 6, has concluded, with our students sharing their experiences on our blog. Blog: www.cig-icg.gr/the-anglopho...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today, the Roman Pantheon remains an active Catholic church, an important pilgrimage site, one of Rome’s most visited landmarks, and the burial place of the Renaissance master Raphael and several Italian monarchs. #italy #rome #pantheon #history #travel

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

CIG’s first bilingual Cyclades & Crete Summer School recently concluded, with francophone and anglophone students taught in their own language. Read their experiences on our blog. EN: www.cig-icg.gr/the-discover... FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/the-disco... #AncientGreece #Archaeology #StudyAbroad

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens was established in 1914 for the preservation of Greece’s Byzantine and Post-Byzantine heritage. Today, it houses over 25,000 artifacts spanning from the 3rd century AD to the 20th century AD. #christianity #greece #athens #history #museum

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The memories of thousands of souls entombed in marble. The First Cemetery of Athens, founded in 1838, commemorates the deaths of many revolutionary heroes, prime ministers, benefactors, creatives, and Nobel laureates, as well as the birth of the Greek state. #greece #athens #history #culture

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Our francophone Summer School recently concluded, and students reflected on their exploration of the Peloponnese. Read in our website: FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/on-the-ro... EN: www.cig-icg.gr/on-the-road-... #CanadianInstituteInGreece #summerschool #archaeology #ancientgreece #studyabroad

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The remnants of Athens' civic heart, 2,500 years later. The Agora served as the city-state's principal civic stage for council business, law, record-keeping, cult, commemoration, exchange, public performance, festival procession, and socializing. #athens #aesthetic #greece #travel #scenery

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

In collaboration with the Canadian Institute in Greece, Metaixmio Publications invites you to meet Canadian writer Éric Chacour on the occasion of the Greek translation of his novel "What I Know About You". INFO: www.metaixmio.gr/el/event/sunadhsh-kai-gnorimia-me-ton-kanado-sugrafea-Éric-Chacour

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Since 2022, CIG’s 3-week Summer Schools have brought Canadian students face to face with Greece’s archaeological heritage. Our first bilingual Cyclades & Crete program just wrapped—read their reflections: EN: www.cig-icg.gr/exploring-th... FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/exploring...

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Exploring the Ancient Aegean: The 2026 Cyclades and Crete Summer School

The 2026 Cyclades and Crete CIG Summer School has officially begun. From May 10th to May 29th, students are travelling across Athens, the Cycladic islands, and Crete to study Greek history from the...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

On the southern slope of the Acropolis stands one of Athens’ great performance landscapes, housing the Theatre of Dionysus and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. #acropolis #athens #theatre #archaeology #history

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Originally founded in 1865 on the site of the Acropolis for the conservation of antiquities from the hill, the Acropolis Museum houses artifacts from the Acropolis’ sanctuaries, temples, and slopes. #acropolismuseum #athens #archaeology #acropolis #culturalheritage

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Since 2022, the CIG has been running SUMMER SCHOOLS for Canadian students. The francophone Summer School taking place throughout Attica and the Peloponnese recently concluded with students sharing their experience on our blog. FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/athens-an... EN: www.cig-icg.gr/athens-an-op...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

After ascending the Acropolis and circling the Parthenon, one is met with the marble figures of the Erechtheion‘s five remaining Caryatids (or Korai). These are not the original Caryatids, as those are housed in the Acropolis Museum. However, they hold the same symbolic weight. #athens #Erechtheion

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

As the 2025-2026 Neda and Franz Leipen Fellowship comes to a close, Eric Del Fabbro reflects on his year of research, writing, travel, and community at the Canadian Institute in Greece. Read about Eric's sojourn in Greece here: www.cig-icg.gr/a-fond-farew...

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A fond farewell: Looking back at my time at the Canadian Institute

Looking back on my year as the Neda and Franz Leipen Fellow at the Canadian Institute in Greece, I am incredibly grateful for all the opportunities and experiences I’ve had. My main focus this academ...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

REMINDER: Dr. Henk Stam’s lecture “Photographs from the Field” and the opening of “Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece” take place tomorrow at 7 PM at CIG’s Nick Mirkopoulos Centre, Orminiou 3A, Athens. More info: www.cig-icg.gr/event/lectur... #Athens #Greece #lecture #photography

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Parthenon, dedicated to Athena, at the Acropolis, has miraculously withstood time for almost 2,500 years; its Doric architecture has survived multiple conflicts that resulted in it being blown up, looted, and reconstructed into different religious temples. #athens #parthenon #history #greece

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

UPCOMING LECTURE & EXHIBITION: Please join us at 7 pm on June 11 for Dr. Henk Stam’s lecture, “Photographs from the Field” and the opening of a photo exhibition, “Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece”. Click the link for more info: www.cig-icg.gr/event/lectur...

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Lecture & Photo Exhibition Opening

Dr. Henk Stam, “Photographs from the Field” “Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece” The exhibition Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece features Dr. Henk Stam’s photogra...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

To honour those who fought for Greece’s freedom, the Greek State established the History of War Museum in 1975, which today has several branches and Annexes throughout Greece. #greece #athens #history #war #museum

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Lyceum—unearthed in 1996—was a place of philosophical discussion for Protagoras, Socrates, and Aristotle. It and the nearby Ilissos river are the setting for Plato’s dialogues on friendship (“Lysis”) and ascensive manic love (“Phaedrus”). #archaeology #athens #greece #philosophy #Aristotle

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Constructed in 570 BC, destroyed in a 510 BC fire, and rebuilt between 500 and 490 BC, the Temple of Athena Aphaia on the island of Aegina stands in worship to the goddesses of the temple's namesake. #aegina #greece #archaeology #mythology #apxaiolovia

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Beginning in 1878 as a small collection exhibited at the University of Athens, the National Gallery of Greece houses 20,000 works of art, showcasing the transformations in Greek and European art (and, currently, the Russian avant-garde) from medieval iconography to contemporary abstraction. #art

“The Death of Adonis“ by Taraval Hugues (1729 - 1785)

“Antigone and Polynices” by Nikiforos Lytras (1865)

“The Reception of Lord Byron at Missolonghi” by Theodoros Vryzakis (1861)

“Episode from the Greek War of Independence” by Eugène Delacroix (1856)

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Panathenaic Stadium preserves nearly 2500 years of Athenian history. During the Panathenaia, Athenians honored Athena here with races, boxing, and the pentathlon, awarding victors sacred olive oil tied to Athena’s mythic contest with Poseidon. #sports #archaeology #greece #athens #history

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Did you know Aegina once rivalled Athens as a trading centre before Athens conquered it in 459/458 BCE? Today, Aegina’s Temple of Apollo stands as a lone column visible from its port—a trace of the hill’s prehistoric, Classical, and Byzantine lives. #Aegina #Archaeology #Greece #History #Myth

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Many of Greece’s most defining transformations, exhibited at the Museum of Modern Greek Culture, have taken place within the last 200 years. The preservation and interpretation of the sites studied at the CIG have been shaped by this history! #history #greece #athens #culture

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Did you know? Athenian myth says Mount Lycabettus was born from Athena’s rage: after hearing Cecrops’ daughters opened the forbidden box holding Erichthonius, she dropped the limestone peak she was carrying. Today, its summit offers rare quiet above Athens. #Photography #Athens #Greece #Mythology

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Happy Easter! We hope you will all enjoy some well-deserved time off with your loved ones. The Institute will be taking a two-week break for the annual Easter recess. We are closed from Monday, April 6th and reopen Monday, April 20th. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Καλό Πάσχα σε όλους!

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Hadrian’s Library was built in the 2nd C. CE under the emperor and consisted of the main library area to the east of a peristyle courtyard that housed 40 niches for holding papyrus books. In the 5th C, a tetraconch church was built in the court, leaving surviving mosaic floors. #cig #archaeology

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The CIG's 2026 Paris Arnopoulos Lecture is at 19:00 tomorrow, the 31st, at our Nick Mirkopoulos Centre. The event, “Ancient and modern approaches to Tyranny”, features Drs. Ryan Balot, Chloe Balla & Lamprini Rori. RSVP: info@cig-icg.gr Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2rY...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The Roman Agora was used for commerce after its construction in 19-11 BCE. It has two propylaea on the east and west of its courtyard, the former donated by Caesar and Augustus. To the north, the 17th C. CE Fethiye Mosque is currently displaying St. Paul's missions in 50-52 CE. #cig #roman #agora

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The Benaki Museum displays an impressive array of artifacts covering Greece’s vast history from antiquity to WWII. The current temporary exhibit, “MESSOLONGHI 1826. 200 Years since the Exodus”, highlights resistance against Ottoman forces during the Greek War of Independence. #cig #benakimuseum

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

UPCOMING LECTURE: The CIG is pleased to announce the 2026 “Paris Arnopoulos Lecture”. This year’s event, entitled “Ancient and modern approaches to Tyranny”, addresses issues on governance, democracy and tyranny, reflecting on ancient Greeks’ thoughts and actions on these topics.

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The secluded Lake Vouliagmeni lies 20km south of Athens centre. Its interesting rock formations and clear water are perfect for a photo-session or a relaxing afternoon of swimming, lounging in the sun, and a good meal from the restaurant. Spa treatments are offered in the summer. #freetimefridays

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion, honouring the sea-god and used as a strategic stronghold, overlooks the southern coast of Attica. The site consists of the Temple of Poseidon and the nearby Sanctuary to Athena, both rebuilt after being destroyed by Persians in 480 BCE. #cig #archaeology

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, March 31 at 19:00 at the CIG’s Nick Mirkopoulos Centre (Orminiou 3A) for this year’s Paris Arnopoulos Lecture entitled “Ancient and modern approaches to Tyranny”. Reserve your seat at info@cig-icg.gr or watch the live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2rY...

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The museum associated with the site at Delphi is home to many unique finds. Here, Apollo is often depicted as the god of music with an instrument. Rare chryselephantine figures depict Apollo and Artemis. Another sibling pair are the kouroi from Argos of mythical brothers, Kleobis and Biton. #delphi

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In antiquity the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Apollo was home to the pythia, the priestess sharing prophecies from the god. Honour was achieved and piety shown here through victory at the Delphic Games alongside various accompanying performances and through dedications to Apollo. #cig #delphi #δελφοι

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Panathenaic Stadium, rebuilt for the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 and 1906, is beautifully constructed of Pentelic marble. Marvel at its size and sit in the royal boxes from the first games and learn more of the modern Olympics in its exhibit of posters and torches. #cig #olympics

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

UPCOMING LECTURE: Wednesday March 11, 19:00, at the CIG's Nick Mirkopoulos Centre. “Farming and festivals: Sacred and economic activity at rural sanctuaries near Metaponto” presented by Eric Del Fabbro, our Neda and Franz Leipen Fellow and Ph.D. candidate at McMaster University.

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Last week was a national holiday in Greece; Clean Monday, or Kathara Deftera, marks the end of the three-week Carnival or Apokries and signifies the start of Lent. Festivities included traditional songs and dances as well as kite flying, symbolizing the purification of the soul. #cig #cleanmonday

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

During the Bronze Age, Crete was home to many ritual and cult practices and iconography. At Knossos, this included various bull imagery along with the snake goddesses, while across the whole island votive offerings, double-axes, and goddesses with upraised arms were common. #cig #archaeology #crete

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Thalassocracy of Crete in the Bronze Age placed an importance on the sea that provided many trade opportunities as seen through the common nautical imagery. Surviving clay tablets of script and sealings show the administration required to record this movement of materials. #cig #archaeology

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Sir Arthur Evans worked on Knossos, a Cretan Late Bronze Age palatial site, during the 20th C. CE and based on the bull imagery and labyrinth-like layout found there, connected it to the myth of the Minotaur and named its civilization Minoan after the mythical King Minos. #cig #knossos #archaeology

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The Canadian Institute in Greece @cigicg.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The current temporary exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, EKATOMPOLIS, focuses on the development of the polis on Crete during the Archaic Period. Of the 300 artifacts, the ones of faience and the inscription of the Gortyn Law Code are particularly significant. #cig #archaeology

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