Yannis Charoulis is a celebrated Greek singer, songwriter, and musician whose music brings together elements from entekhno (orchestral music with elements from folk songs and lyrics often based on the work of famous Greek poets), rock, and traditional Cretan music. Continue reading to learn more about his career and music, and listen to one of […]
The “Easy Greek Stories” podcast – Episode 2 If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening skills with the Omilo Podcast. It also helps you learn common everyday Greek vocabulary and life situations in Greece. In this podcast you can listen to every story first at a slow reading […]
If you are not able to travel to Greece at the moment but would like to get that feeling again, then why not reading some travel diaries? And even better…If you are at the advanced level in Greek, then you can also improve your Greek reading and listening skills at the same time. Below more […]
It is never cold in Greece! Is it a myth or the truth? What do you believe? Μύθος ή όχι; Κάνει κρύο στην Ελλάδα ή όχι;
Most likely, you have heard this word many times recently, or seen it popping up all over the internet; the PODCASTS! And here is the good news, welcome to the new Omilo Podcast for Intermediate Levels. The “Easy Greek Stories” podcast If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening […]
Playing Tavli or Backgammon is a very popular Greek habit. Almost every Greek has enjoyed a sunny morning with cold coffee (preferably a frappe) and a round of “Portes” or a summer afternoon with a glass of ouzo accompanied by a “meze” and a round of “Plakoto”. Το τάβλι είναι μία ιδιαίτερα δημοφιλής συνήθεια […]
Every culture and language has a collection of wise sayings that gives advice about how to live your life. These are the so-called proverbs. In Greek, they are called: οι παροιμίες. Of course, when you start learning Greek, it is useful to start learning the Everyday Greek Wishes and very common Greek expressions first, so […]
Eftihia Papagiannopoulou was the first and potentially most important female lyricist of the Greek music scene. She penned countless “laika and rembetika”(*) songs, many of which became Greek song hits and are sung and danced to even nowadays. Papagiannopoulou was born in Aydin near Smyrna (now Izmir) in Asia Minor in 1893, which she had […]
Omilo welcomes students to Syros island, for the 1- and 2-week Greek Language and Culture courses, which take place in summer, between June and September. For all the details and course dates of the 1-week courses, click here For all the details and course dates of the 2-week courses, click here Here below you find […]
Technology changes non-stop, for good or for bad, but we try to focus on the good 🙂 Audio and Podcasts really help to learn Greek, so we also do our share, to keep you happy! For your info, during the past “corona-year”, we have worked on various audio files and audiobooks, which are available online, […]
Discover The Greek Singer Yannis Charoulis 16/07/2021 - 2:31 pm
Easy Greek Stories Podcast #2 – Intermediate Language Level15/07/2021 - 1:46 pm
Travel Diaries About Greece, Greek-English Parallel Texts – Athens, Sparta & Mani14/07/2021 - 9:15 pm
It is never cold in Greece – Greek song by Locomondo14/07/2021 - 2:04 pm