Isn’t It Time We Rethink Ancient Greek in Our Schools
By Eugenia Manolidou A recent study in the UK (British Council Language Trends 2025) highlighted something that should give us pause: in England’s state schools, Ancient Greek is almost absent, while it remains strong and vibrant in private schools. Organisations like Classics for All are fighting hard to support public education by providing teacher training, […]
Back into the Arms of Socrates
By Eugenia Manolidou Recent international assessments reveal a silent crisis: children struggle to comprehend, to interpret, to think. Have we all, in this age of information, somehow “forgotten” how to learn? A few days ago, I attended the international educational conference “Education and the Great Challenges of the 21st Century,” organised by Athens College as part of […]
When Did We Stop Speaking Ancient Greek?
By Eugenia Manolidou A Renaissance schoolbook page circulates online: Dialogus I. Two students, Andreas and Balthasar, exchange greetings. Bonus dies.καλὴ ἡμέρα. Each Latin phrase is followed by a Greek equivalent. The structure is elementary. The pedagogical implication, profound. Students were not memorising declensions, but they were engaging in dialogue. The page belongs to a well-established […]
Teaching Greek as a Living Language: An Experiential Approach to Ancient Greek Education
The two-day seminar Hellenizontes Didaskomen took place in Athens and Thessaloniki from 4 to 7 September 2025 with remarkable success, bringing together teachers from across Greece, both primary and secondary, from public and private schools alike. See more…
Thirty Years of Elliniki Agogi: The Timeless Power of the Greek Language
In 2024, Elliniki Agogi marked thirty years of uninterrupted educational activity, dedicated to the teaching of Ancient Greek language and Classical education in general. Founded in 1994 as an ambitious educational endeavor, its aim was to bring children and adults into a living, meaningful contact with the language, thought, and values of Greek civilization. Today, it is […]
Between Speed and Quality: The Role of Humanistic Studies
By Eugenia Manolidou Head of studies In an era of constant technological acceleration, the educational process is being redefined in terms of innovation and efficiency. Yet the future is not determined solely by what machines can do, but by what is still worth doing by humans — something that makes classical and humanistic studies more […]
Great Honor for Elliniki Agogi: A Feature in Yomiuri Shimbun
We are deeply honored by the presentation of our school in a feature article in Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, written by Rome correspondent Yumiko Kurashige, who recently visited Elliniki Agogi in Athens. The article describes the teaching of Ancient Greek to both children and adults, and the school’s deep connection with mythology, philosophy, and the […]
Music: The Gift of the Gods, the Language of Paideia
by Eugenia Manolidou In ancient Greece, music was a way of life, not just a form of art; an essential element of paideia, of moral and intellectual education, and of cultivated thought. It was present in every sphere of human activity: in religious festivals, in the theatre, in athletic contests, even in battle and at […]
Classics: The heartbeat of our Humanity
by Eugenia Manolidou Undoubtedly, we are living in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Machines now perform tasks once believed to belong exclusively to human hands and minds. In recent years, it has become almost fashionable to question the place of the Humanities – Classics, Philosophy, Literature, History, Art – in this new […]
Ancient Greek: Passing the baton
ελληνική γλώσσα, με συνεχή παρουσία πάνω από 3.000 χρόνια, είναι το νήμα που υφαίνει την ιστορία μας, η σκυτάλη που αδιάκοπα παραδίδεται από γενιά σε γενιά, η φωνή που αντηχεί στους αιώνες. Από τα ομηρικά έπη μέχρι τη σύγχρονη λογοτεχνία, η ελληνική γλώσσα φέρει μέσα της τον πολιτισμό, τη φιλοσοφία και την πνευματική κληρονομιά που διαμόρφωσε τον δυτικό κόσμο και συνεχίζει να τον διαμορφώνει μέσω των εφευρέσεων και της τεχνολογίας.