Any debt Greece may be in now is as nothing compared to the debt we owe Greece — Stephen Fry^*

At the moment, the name ‘Greece’ has negative connotations: debt, austerity, recession, political failure, and social deprivation. But the present is only a slender time-slice in Greece’s long history, and Greece has been and remains the source of many riches of thought, art, culture, and landscape. Directly or indirectly, this heritage has shaped and enriched the lives of us all, and on this website people who love Greece — philhellenes in the simple sense — celebrate what Greece has given them and the world.

If you love Greece and would like to contribute something to the site, then please do so. A contribution can be as simple as a scan of an old holiday photo and a few words of reminiscence. Follow this link for details of how to contribute.

^{* Email to site editor, dated 12/03/12}

^{Image credit: The Parthenon from the south by Thermos (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons}