#keramikos

[gemsofgreece]

Beautiful grave enclosure of a woman named Ampharete and her grandchild, 430-420 BC. Museum of Keramikós, Athens.

"Τέκνον εμής θυγατρός τοδ' έχω φίλον, όμπερ οτ' αυγάς όμμασιν ηελίο ζώντες εδερκόμεθα, έχον εμοίς γόνασιν και νυν φθίμενον φθιμένη 'χω"

"Here I hold my daughter's beloved child, just like I held on my knees when we were alive and our eyes enjoyed the sun at dawn, and now I the dead hold it, also dead."

[berensreverie]

My first day in Athens :)

[thunderstruck9]

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika (Greek, 1906-1994), Small Square in Keramikos, Athens, 1928. Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm.

[anthianthoula]

[elladastinkardiamou]

Homeless at 84: Couple sleeps outside Athens church after eviction

They spend their whole, modest life together, now they found themselves in a tragic position. Filippos is 83 and his wife Eleni turned 84. Since a month they have been facing a new challenge: they became homeless after they were evicted from the home they rented.

They packed their belongings and left, not knowing where to turn to, where to go.

They ended in the courtyard of Agios Georgios Church in Keramikos district of central Athens, where they spend their homeless days and nights.

They spend the days on the benches, they sleep on the cold stones at night.

There in the church courtyard, they were spotted by a reporter of news website zougla.gr

Eleni said that they were due four monthly payments and that’s why they were evicted.

The couple living on an approximately 600-euro monthly pension, the husband has been receiving. From this money they had to pay rent, utility bills, buy their food and medicines. they did not manage all this burden.

[monkismymoniker]

[monkismymoniker]

[artekunstartgr]

Looking for a building to create a workshop/gallery for residencies here in #Kerameikos #Athens There’s so many beautiful buildings here. The nice ones need lots of work. The more industrial/shops have higher rents. #Keramikos is amazing though and a place that I want to make my permanent home. Looking at starting residencies in 2023 teaching #Stonecarving #Mouldmaking #Casting possibly #Ceramics as that translates from Kerameikos the potters district. I’ll also be adding #ProfessionalDevelopmant training, building a basic #Website #SocialMedia #SocialmediaStrategy #Instagram #Facebook #Twitter #LinkedIn #YouTube #EmailMarketing #MailChimp and an #Arts tour of this beautiful city. I’ll be releasing a #Kickstarter in the coming weeks to raise funds for setting up with rewards being residencies in 2023. DM if you’re interested…! (at Kerameikos) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdDDanVuf-x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=