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Yfantis
Yfantis or Ifantis ( el, Υφαντής) is a Greek occupational surname meaning "weaver". It may refer to: * Elias Yfantis (b. 1936), Greek footballer * Yannis Yfantis, Greek poet {{surname Greek-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannis Yfantis
Yannis Yfantis is a Greek poet who is awarded with the Cavafy Award. He was born in 1949 in Raina near Agrinio in Aetolia-Acarnania. He was presented to the Thessaloniki Public Broadcasting with ''Elliniki kai pagkosmia poiisi'' (''Ελληνική και παγκόσμια ποίηση'' = ''Greek And International Poetry'') and ''Kata vathos to thema ine ena'' (''Κατά βάθος το θέμα είναι ένα''). His poems were translated into several languages including English. Poetry *''Mystiki tis Anatolis'' (''Μυστικοί της Ανατολής'' = ''Secrets From The East'') (1980) *''Ancient Edda'' (1983) *''O Kathreftis tou Protea'' (''Ο Καθρέφτης του Πρωτέα'' = ''The Mirror of Protea'') (1986]) *''Naos tou Kosmou'' (''Ναός του Κόσμου'' = ''The Temple Of The World'') (1996) *''O Kipos tis Poiisis'' (''Ο Κήπος της Ποίησης'' = ''The Garden Of Poetry'') (2000) *''Arhetypa'' (''Αρχέτυπα'' = ''Archetype'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Yfantis
Elias Yfantis ( el, Ηλίας Υφαντής; born 29 July 1936) is a Greek former professional football player who played as a striker and a later manager of Olympiacos. He was a key member of Olympiacos during the 1950's and 1960's. Biography Born in ''Aghia Sophia'' in Piraeus, Yfantis joined the senior side of Olympiacos F.C. at the age of 17. He played for the first time in an official match in 1953. He played as a forward and scored 225 career goals in all competitions. In A'Ethniki, he not only played in 58 games in three seasons and scored 30 goals, but he had also scored first for the historic struggle of Olympiacos in European competition against AC Milan (final score 2–2). Serious injuries forced him to quit football in 1964 at the age of 28. He made seven appearances and scored two goals for the Greece national football team, playing from 1957 to 1960. In 1970, he became the head coach of Olympiacos as caretaker manager, and later for many years in parts of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek-language Surnames
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 impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
