Thinking like the Greeks: what we owe to antiquity

As part of the "Dive into history to understand today's world" series, the Olivaint Conference's Culture Committee is proud to announce a meeting with Andrea Marcolongo, Hellenist, journalist and writer for the French Navy.
Conférence Olivaint - Penser comme pensaient les grecs : ce que nous devons à l'antiquité
Penser comme pensaient les grecs : ce que nous devons à l'antiquité © Conférence Olivaint‎

A native of Milan, Madame Marcolongo is the author of several bestsellers, including "La langue géniale, 9 bonnes raisons d'aimer le grec" (2018). A woman of the field, her book "Déplacer la lune de son orbite" (2024) recounts the story of a night spent in the Acropolis museum, facing the marbles sculpted by Phidias 2,500 years ago. More recently, she ran the authentic marathon, which inspired her to publish "Courir: De Marathon à Athènes, les ailes aux pieds". Translated in 28 countries and with a readership of over 400,000, Andrea Marcolongo will transport us, for the space of an evening, to the heart of Ancient Greece and the heritage to which we are indebted.

The conference will be followed by a sale of the speaker's books and a book signing.