Famous greek people

Famous greek people from the Italian team - etwinning project 2013-2014

1. FAMOUS GREEK
PEOPLE

2. •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",
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3. IRENE PAPAS
Irene Papas is a Greek actress and singer.
Irene is 87 years old, she was born on 3
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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”.

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MARIA CALLAS

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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”.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. HOMER
Homer 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.

9. The Italian team
Etwinning project 2013-2014
Scuola Secondaria “D. Ciapetti”
Berlingo

10. The Italian team
Etwinning project 2013-2014
Scuola Secondaria “D. Ciapetti”
Berlingo