ALEXANDER THE GREAT | CENTRE OF GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LEARN GREEK WHILE IN ATHENS Enhance your Greek experience

Here’s your first lesson with the basic Greetings:

Γεια (γia) = Hello Αντίο (andio) = Goodbye Τα λέμε αύριο (ta leme avrio) = See you tomorrow Do not hesitate, Greek is easy! Don’t forget that you already know Greek through thousand of Greek origin words in your language, like:

Aerostat & Aeroplane Philosophy & Philology Geometry & Geography Telephone & Telegram Epidemy & Epidemic

You may combine vacation and learning

In our courses you may live the total Greek Experience. You may combine learning Greek, along with enjoying guided Museums Visits, Traditional Greek Dinners, Greek Films Screenings and Greek Cultural Presentations. Our enthusiastic, multilingual & well qualified staff will make sure your stay will be an experience to remember. Want more? We provide you for free a full event guide for the Weekends! If you do not have a lot of time:

our 5-Hour Crash Course (Read – Write – Basic Phrases) is what you need. Our innovative method is based on words that you already know.

WHERE LEARNING MEETS FUN

In the heart of Athens, at a very nice neoclassical building, 101 years old, among adult students from all over the world you may both learn Greek and get introduced into Greek culture. Besides you will learn Greek using the most effective teaching methods based on our experience -since 1972- and the use of high quality educational material, which we have developed in cooperation with European Universities and Schools and the support of E.U. We are 300m away from Victoria metro station and very near a lot of Bus Lines. We are open from 09.00 to 20.00 from Monday to Friday. Come by to learn more about our programs, or contact us via our website!

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Gordon built his house in Argos in 1829. A few years later, the neighbourhood was named in his honour “Gordonos district”. The Gordon’s house was declared a listed building and in 1987 it was purchased by the French Archaeological School of Athens and restored to be used as a library.

THOMAS GORDON

Colonel

Occupation Lieutenant general

1788-1841

Although Gordon’s activity in the Greek Revolution was short, he was the first English philhellene to join the Greek forces. He chartered and equipped at his own expense a ship in Marseilles, with which he transported fighters to Greece.

A DISAPPOINTED LIEUTENANT GENERAL

Gordon took part in the fall of Tripolitsa in September, 1821 but he strongly protested against the massacre that Greek committed. As he was ignored, he retired from the military service. In November 1821 he moved to Zakynthos and from there he returned to Scotland. In November 1822, the provisional Greek government sent a letter asking him to return. He refused, but he joined the Greek committee in London and contributed money and military supplies. He returned to Greece in 1828. From 1828 to 1831, he carried out excavations at the Temple of Hera, near Argos. Gordon took part in the chain of events that led to the assassination of Greece’s first governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias. Immediately after these events, Gordon returned to Scotland, where he finished his book “History of the Greek Revolution” in 1833. After the establishment of the monarchy in Greece, Gordon came to Greece again in 1833 and joined the Greek army. He was later appointed president of the Military Court. Due to his poor health, he resigned in February 1839 and returned to Scotland. A brief visit to Greece took place in 1840.