Join our parea!

The National Hellenic Society New York Chapter (NHS NY) spring series commences!  Join our parea for a tour o f this spectacular exhibit with luncheon to follow at the  Onassis Cultural Center . The luncheon will feature Onassis Foundation Executive Director Amalia Cosmetatou. 
Enjoy a memorable time and learn more about the NHS' vision and programs.

We look forward to seeing you and your guest at this special event!
 
When:  Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from 12-2pm 
              Olympic Tower
              645 5th Avenue
              New York, NY 10019
 
Note: The tour of the exhibit will start promptly at 12pm. Please meet in the Atrium. Luncheon will begin at 12:30pm following the tour in the Olympic Tower at Grano Simply Italian.
Please  RSVP  to  Vicki Georges  at  703-256-3180  or email 
A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece 700 BC - 200 AD

On view exclusively at the Onassis Cultural Center New York, the exhibition brings together more than 130 masterpieces from some of the finest museums in the world including the Acropolis Museum, the National Archaeological Museum Athens, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Vatican Museums, among many others, to explore the ideas and attitudes of people in classical antiquity toward emotion and the ways in which the emotions were depicted, revealing how some are strikingly familiar to us and some shockingly alien. Although ancient Greece is often said to have been flooded with the light of reason, 
A World of Emotions  lays bare the far different reality addressed in the 
Iliad , whose very first word is 
menis : wrath.

Developed by a team of distinguished guest curators over the course of more than four years, the exhibition features vase paintings, sculptures (ranging from life-size statues from the Acropolis to relief carvings from cemeteries), theatrical masks, amulets, coin s, and votive offerings, among other artifacts from the early 7th century BC (the traditional date of the  Iliad ) to the late 2nd century AD (the beginning of the end of pagan antiquity). Many will be on view in the United States for the first time, and some will be seen for the first time outside Greece. Together, these objects provide a timely opportunity to think about the role of feelings in our own personal, social, and political lives, while helping to advance the relatively new field of the history of emotions.  
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Save the Date!


  
October 5-8, 2017
Las Vegas, NV 

 
A weekend of exceptional fun and leisure with a host of activities and presentations from outstanding speakers and the NHS' signature parea all in relaxed and luxurious setting. Save the date!
 
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