famous greek people

FAMOUS GREEK PEOPLE

•She was born on 12 May 1989•Her nickname is "Elle“•She is a Greek-Cypriot singer and actress•She took part in the Greece's version of the singing competition The X Factor but she was eliminated !!•One of her song is "Play That Melody To Me“•Eleftheria represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, with the song "Aphrodisiac",

EleftheriaEleftheria

IRENE PAPAS

Irene Papas is a Greek actress and singer.

Irene is 87 years old, she was born on 3°

September 1926. She is a Virgo.

She co-starred in “The Troian Women” with Katharine Hepburn, who oce said

that Papas was “one of the best actresses in the history of cinema”.

♫ ♪ MARIA CALLAS ♫ ♪ Her original name was Anna

Maria Cecilia Sophia

Kalogeropoulo

She was a Greek soprano.

Her nickname is “Diva”. She

was the most famous lyric

singer of XX century.

She studied at the Conservatory

of Athens.

Her most famous works was

“La Norma”, “La Traviata”

and “Tosca”.

She was born on July 22, 1969 and is one of the most popular pop singers in Greece. In 1994 she won platinum record . She also participated in the international program "Top of the Pop”Despina is engaged with Demis Nikolaidis , the football player. She has a daughter Melina of five years and a son named Giorgos.

Despina Vandi

Katina Paxinou

She was a famous tragedy actress. She started to play at the theatre in the comedies of William Shakespeare.In 1943 she acted in the cinema and won the Oscar as the best non protagonist actress .She acted in the film “Rocco e i suoi fratelli” by Luchino Visconti.

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO

He was born in Volos, Greece in 1888.His father was Greek and his mother was Italian.He was a famous painter.He lived in Germany, Italy and France.He was friend to Pablo Picasso

HOMERHomer is a Greek poet.He is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the biggest epic poems of ancient Greek literature.He wrote Hymns and other minor works.He is thought to have lived in the VIII century a.C.Often he is described as a blind man.

The Italian teamEtwinning project 2013-2014Scuola Secondaria “D. Ciapetti”Berlingo

The Italian teamEtwinning project 2013-2014Scuola Secondaria “D. Ciapetti”Berlingo