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Alekos Oudinotis
Alekos Oudinotis ( Greek: Αλέκος Ουδινότης; 1935–2020) was a Greek film and stage actor. Biography Born in 1935 in Athens, Greece, Oudinotis studied at first at Karolos Koun's ''Greek Art Theatre''. At the same time he was a mathematics student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In late 1974 Oudinotis started his cooperation with the National Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG), where he performed until 1999. During his time in the National Theatre of Northern Greece, he distinguished himself appearing in plays, such as '' The Cherry Orchard'' (1974), '' The Threepenny Opera'' (1980), ''The Rules of the Game'' (1987), '' The Caretaker'' (1992) and '' Uncle Vanya'' (1993). During his tenure in NTNG he also worked as a director. He is considered one of the most important actors in the history of NTNG and he also appeared in other theatrical organizations including the National Theatre of Greece. Moreover, Oudinotis made several appearances on fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylonia (film)
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. 1894 BC. During the reign of Hammurabi and afterwards, Babylonia was called "the country of Akkad" (''Māt Akkadī'' in Akkadian), a deliberate archaism in reference to the previous glory of the Akkadian Empire. It was often involved in rivalry with the older state of Assyria to the north and Elam to the east in Ancient Iran. Babylonia briefly became the major power in the region after Hammurabi (fl. c. 1792–1752 BC middle chronology, or c. 1696–1654 BC, short chronology) created a short-lived empire, succeeding the earlier Akkadian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Old Assyrian Empire. The Babylonian Empire rapidly fell apart after the death of Hammurabi and reverted to a small kingdom. Like Assyria, the Babylonian state reta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
