A PERIODICAL OF THE GREEK OLYMPIC SOCIETY- COLUMBUS, OHIO Volume 1, Issue 4 / Fall 2006 GREEK ETHOS / 2 from our President Greek Olympic Society Officers 2005-06 I want to thank our members for the privilege of reelecting me President Nick Geldis President of the Greek Olympic V. P RESIDENT Denny C.Mardas Society. I promise to work hard to SECRETARY James Kaniaris Jr. meet our challenges. As I reflect ASST .S ECRETARY Harry Ruska on the past 2 years, I look back TREASURER Jim Dracopoulos with pride for what we have been SST REASURER able to accomplish. I believe we A .T Harry Apostolos are meeting our objectives of Past President Chris Bouzounis serving our Hellenic community Greek Ethos with social, educational, cultural As every year for the past 34 years, we again con - tributed to the record success of the 2006 GREEK FES - and philanthropic activities. Let EDITOR Eliseos Paul Taiganides TIVAL . A Turkish young lady from Constantinople and me list a few! If you like any of these activities, come and BUSINESS MGR Chris Bouzounis join us or attend our functions. Dr Markakis from Cleveland [ pic ] were some of the many SUPPORTERS George Sourvanos We not only supported from the beginning the March that visited our roast lamb stand. I thank those who helped UBLIC ELATIONS 25celebrations at the Capitol [ pic ], but this year had E. and congratulate Tom Michaelides for his achievements as P R Lee Adamantidis Paul Taiganides write an chairman. Come and help us out next year! GRAPHIC DESIGN Silver Moon Graphics informative fact sheet out - I would like to see everyone who reads my message, CONTACT Editor:[email protected] lining the historical back - [you must be truly interested to read this far; thank you], www.greekethos.org to attend our fourth educational FORUM on Thursday, 9 ground and the cogent rea - BUSINESS c/o Artina 215 N.Fourth St. November 2006 . We will serve mezedes and drinks at a sons why America and the Columbus.Ohi o 43215 whole western world honor minimal charge [ students free ]. Come to be entertained the Greek National Days, and educated by Professors Taiganides, Jusdanis, Fuller - Advisory Committee March 25 and October 28 . ton, Kritsotakis, who will highlight with visuals and anec - Nick Geldis, Chris Bouzounis If you have not read Paul’s dotes the fascinating story of Philip and Alexander of George Sourvanos, Lee Adamantidis 2-page leaflet, get copies at Macedonia who conquered the world 2323 years ago, and the church counter and pass of what inspired our own artist Evangelia to draw an orig - Internet address: one to your American inal art of Alexander for the cover of GREEK ETHOS . www.greekethos.org friends, and join the colorful You do not want to miss the meeting of November 9 e-mail: [email protected] events of March 25 [ pic ] under the leadership of member starting at 6 PM, judging by the reaction of those who Vassilis Konstantinidis. were delighted with the humor and information dissemi - As you see from the photo collage we have given a nated in the previous 3 Forums. Please bring your spouse, OUR MISSION substantial amount of money to the SOS organization in children of school age , and American friends to the meet - Greece. This is an organization that helps children that ing, for it promises to be an evening of discovery of our have no normal family life by bringing them into a home epic history and heritage. Another date to reserve is Satur - The mission of the Greek Olympic day 17 February 2007 for the annual Apokreatiko Din - Society is to promote fraternal fellow - where a surrogate mother is hired to feed them and assist shipand social interaction among all them. If you would like to contribute check their webpage ner Dance Glenti ; it is the social event of the year! BY who embody and embrace the Hellenic or call our past president Lee Adamantidis who THE WAY WE ARE ON THE INTERNET: principles and traditions. researched many organizations before deciding on the www.greekethos.org The mission of Greek Ethos is to enrich —Nick Geldis, President our knowledge with the publication of SOS. stories and historical facts on our epic [email protected] Hellenic past,traditions,language,and unique religion,which we are practicing in complete freedom in the heart of America, Columbus, Ohio, USA! The goal of Greek Ethos is to raise the awareness of and pride in our ethos and ethnicity so that the next generations will continue to celebrate and preserve the Hellenic traditions and heritage. Κυριος σκοπος του συλλογου Ελληνικη Ολυµπιακη Λεσχη ειναι να προαγουµε την αδελφοτητα και τις κοινωνικες σχεσεις µεταξυ ολων εκεινων που συµµεριξονται τις Ελληνικες αρχες και παραδοσεις. Αποστολη του περιοδικου Ελληνικο Ηθος ειναι να πλουτισει τη γνωση µας µε τη δηµοσιευση ιστορικων γεγονοτων σχετινκϖν µε ON THE COVER το επικο µας παρελθον, τις παραδοσεις , τη γλωσσα, και τη As a child my father and grandfather would tell me of the µοναδικη µας θρησκεια, που εξασκουµε µε απολυτη ελευθερια great adventures of Alexander the Great. Those wondrous εδω µεσα στην καρδια των stories fostered in me a great yearning to travel in his foot - Ηνωµενων Πολιτειϖν, στο Κολοµπους του Οχαιο! steps and beyond and take in the wonders of the world and Σκοπος του περιοδικου Ελληνικο it’s people. From those stories I learned that the differences Ηθος ειναι να αφυπνισει την εθνικη µας συνειδηση και την between us are to be embraced and not feared. υπερηφανεια για το ηθος και την — Evangelia Philippidis εθνοτητα µας ετσι ωστε οι εποµενες γενιες να συνεχισουν να γιορταζουν Prints, of this and other works, are available by contacting the και να διατηρουν τις παραδοσεις artist at 614-354-6557,or at [email protected] µας, τα ηθη και τα εθιµα της ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΗΘΟΣ / 3 GOLDEN AGE OF HELLENISM PATRONS 376 TO 776 AO We thank our Patrons Ancient Greeks measured time by Olympiads. So for for supporting in our Greeks 0 time is 776 BC when the first ever Olympics mission and goals! were held in Elis. For us Greeks, 2006 is 2882 . The period we cover in this issue is 400 BC that is 376 AO to Adamantidis, Dean & Elpi the start of the Christian Calendar, i.e., 776 AO. The Adamantidis, Lee & Voula Agganis, Harry & Georgia Muslims calendar starts with prophet Mohamed in 622 Alexander, Nick & Barbara AD so 2006 is 1384 . ForJews, it is 5766 . Anasis, Steve & Nicki Antonoplos, Bill & Jan MATURING OF THE HELLENIC ETHOS Θαλασσα, Θαλασσα [“the Sea, the Sea”]. It is a After the unraveling of the Athenian hege-mony in captivating saga with elaborate description of geogra - Avradopoulos, Petros 404 BC [ 372 AO ] by Sparta with massive military aid phy, names of tribes and their propensities, hidden Bavelis, Christos & Roula from Prince Cyrus [ Κυρο ς] of Persia, Thebes chal - mountain passes, hints for food foraging, etc, all that Bavelis, George & Gia lenges and humbles Sparta [371 BC], but it is Mace - one would need to know when invading the territory. Brown, George donia , through the genius of King Philip , which ris - King Alexander and his intelligence officers use the Chakeres, David ESQ es as the next global hegemon spearheading the unifi - books of Xenophon for the Macedonian advance into Chakeres, Don & Linda cation of the thousands of Greek city states into a the region in 334 BC. The fascinating juggernaut Hellas Commonwealth for the propagation of HEL - rambling through Asia is the focus of this issue of Chase, Thomas & Josie LENIC ETHOS , culture and Greek assertiveness in Greek Ethos ! Enjoy! Collis, Nick & Noelle world affairs. Destounis, Nikos & Anna Despite the humiliating defeats of Persian imperi - IN THIS ISSUE Duros, Dena & Bess alism in the battles of Marathon in 490, Salamis in Philip the Genius–Alexander the Magnificent: Geldis, Nick & Debbie 480 and at Plataea in 479 BC, Persia continues to ideas and achievements of 2 political and military Geldis, Sam & Ann interfere in the politics of Greece but through proxies. giants of Macedonia who unite Greece and leave an Prince Cyrus finances the Spartan navy that becomes indelible mark in the history of the world Gerris, Nick & Susan strong enough to challenge and defeat the navy of Rediscovery of the relevance of the poetry of Giannopoulos, Stelios & Barb Athens marking the end of the Peloponnesian War. K. Cavafy of cosmopolitan Alexandria in Egypt from Hutras, Aristotelis & Beth Athens preparations for the Peloponnesian War are the time of Alexander to today Kontras, Nick & Karen done with casualness and swagger, prompted by Apotheosis of Alexander by his successors, Kritikos, Ted & Rosa commercial interests rather than strategic considera - through politicized art, capitalizing on Alexander’s Leakas, Ted & Veta tions. NATO-like alliances that Pericles built crumple fame and world stature because of the belligerent actions of the businessmen Παιδοµαζοµα : drama and ecstasy of a survivor Malas, Ernie & Stephanie and demagogues who get themselves elected to lead - caught in the paroxysms of a maniacal civil war Mardas, Denny & Suzanne ership posts after the death of the incomparable solon Greek Word Power; Greek Festival Michaelides, Tom & Jackie in 429 from the plague epidemic. Illustrated history from Kerameikos epitaphs Papaleonardos, Dimitri & Holly and αγγειογραφιε ς Patitsas, Peter & Effie ΧΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΟΣ ΑΝΑΒΑΣΙΣ Epic art by our own local artists Petikas, Mihalis The most fascinating historical reporting of the peri - od between the collapse of Athens and the rise of NEXT ISSUE: Petikas, Bill & Vi Macedonia is that of historian Xenophon . He relates •Apostle Paul , the Hellenized Jew spreads Christi - Ruska, Harry & Anna in engrossing details the march in 400 BC of 13,000 anity to Europe and the world through the Greek lan - Sicaras, George & Garyfalia Greek unemployed soldiers hired by Cyrus, a pre - guage and Hellenism Sicaras, Jimmie & Christina tender to the throne of Persia, to fight his brother •The Roman Empire emulates Greece Soulas, Nikos,Sr.