originally published to my blog The Liminal Compass on Substack How growing up in the West shaped my understanding of Greek culture, and why I’m reclaiming it from my own perspective Author’s note: I write about Greek history and myth as someone who lives inside this culture. I am not an outside observer. I am…
How Growing Up in the West Shaped My Understanding of Greek Culture Being questioned on my knowledge of Medusa made me question my identity, now I’m questioning the system that educated me and my understanding of my cultural heritage I’ve been reemerging onto social media in the last year after a fairly lengthy hiatus. So…
I write about Greek history and myth as someone who has lived inside this culture. I am not an outside observer. I am a Greek diaspora woman who holds a BA in Classical Literature and an MA in Linguistics. I read sources in their original Ancient and Modern Greek. I have spent over a decade…
As the moon approaches, bringing her subtle light in the dark sky, I sit here and write in the land of my ancestors. Of her, of them.