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The project ‘Greek Heritage in European Culture and Identity’ is financed by the Horizon Europe Program of the European Union, under Contract No. 101079379. greci-twinning.org
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[GrECI on Europeana] Closing the Series: Reception of Greek Culture in Sixteenth-Century France We conclude our @europeana.bsky.social series with an exploration of the reception and influence of Greek culture during a time of profound religious and political upheaval in France.

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[#DidYouKnow] Why would the humanist Goclenius issue a translation of Lucian's work "Hermotimus" in 1522? 🤔📜 To find out, read our latest blog which is now available here: 👉 greci-twinning.org/wp-content/u... @nconstantinidou.bsky.social @ucy1.bsky.social @uio.no @ec.europa.eu

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[#GrECI on Europeana] Language and Identity: Ancient Greek in Early Modern Europe This week, discover how ancient Greek shaped cultural and personal identities in early modern Europe. 🌟 Featured gallery : Language and Identity: Ancient Greek in Early Modern Europe

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✨ [FocusOn] GrECI at RSA 2025 Boston! 🇺🇸 Join us for our panel: Greek Heritage in European Culture and Identity, 15th-17th c. Chaired by @nconstantinidou.bsky.social 📅 March 20, 2025 ⏰ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 📍Boston Marriott Copley Place (Boston University Room) #GrECI #RSA2025 #ClassicalStudies

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[GrECI on @Europeana] 💡 Material Heritage GrECI’s Europeana series continues! 🏺 Antiquities in Greece Through the Eyes of Early Travellers This week, our Europeana journey takes us into the world of material heritage as seen through the eyes of 17th- and 18th-century travellers.

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📖 Throughout the 16th century, printers experimented with Greek textbook layouts. One famous example is Clenardus' Meditationes Graecanicae (1531), analyzing Basil of Caesarea’s epistle De vita solitaria, with translations by Clenardus & Guillaume Budé. 🏛️📜

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[GrECI on Europeana] Discover the first gallery: Books printed in Greek in the sixteenth century The GrECI project is proud to showcase its work on the Europeana platform and the 4 created galleries which show the different aspects approached by the research team. @europeana.bsky.social

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📢 Call for Papers! The GrECI Concluding Conference will take place on 22-24 October 2025 in Nicosia, Cyprus, exploring the cultural legacy of Ancient Greece in early modern Europe. 🗓 Submit your abstract (250 words) by 1 April 2025. 💡 Some travel funding available [1/2]

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[DidYouKnow] 🧐 Why would a 16-year-old from the Low Countries write an epic poem in Ancient Greek? In c. 1625, Elias Gifford captured the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600) in Homeric verse, sending it to the stadholder. What drew him to Ancient Greek over Latin, French, or Dutch? 📜

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GrECI is now on BlueSky! 🌍 GrECI consists of three partner universities and studies the reception and appropriation of ancient Greek culture in early modern Europe (15th-17th century). For more, see greci-twinning.org #GrECI #CulturalHeritage #Skystorians #ClassicalStudies #ClassicalReception

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