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The exciting event of Athens Gastronomy Days is here for the third time to ensure a delightful journey through the delicate Greek and international cuisine. This year the event will take place from May 22nd-24th at the Benaki Museum, Pireos Annex.

Comics enthusiasts, cartoonists, colourists and imaginative cosplayers are welcome to the greatest and only Greek comics festival, taking place on April 24th-26th, 2015, in Athens.

An impressive exhibition dedicated to the Greek Renaissance artist Domenicus Theotokopoulos, widely known as El Greco, was inaugurated yesterday evening at the National Sculpture Gallery of Athens.

On April 26th, 2015, the 6th Poseidon Athens Half Marathon is taking place in the beautiful bay of Faliro in Athens. Registrations until April 12th.

The 10th International Animation Festival of Athens is returning to the city, this time with a special schedule to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Dozens of projections, competitions, tributes and artistic events are included in the schedule of the Festival.

The Museum of Cycladic Art is organizing an exhibition entitled Beyond: Death and Afterlife in Ancient Greece. The exhibition will be held from December 11th, 2014 - February 8th, 2015.

The photo exhibition Metamorphoses of Athens: A Photographic Itinerary 1839-1950 takes place at the new building of Herakleidon Museum in Thissio, Athens. The exhibition helps visitors visualize the development and change of the Greek capital through the years with more than a hundred authentic photos.

The 4th annual festival Tango Acropolis is taking place from December 5th to 7th, 2014. The winners will participate in the World Qualifier Competition in August 2015 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The museum of Cycladic Art in Athens is hosting an exhibition entitled Hygieia. Health, Illness, Treatment from Homer to Galen. From 1,200BC to 300AD and from magic to science, the exhibition presents the development of medicine through the ancient world.

The Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, celebrating the 100 years since its inauguration and the 180 years of Athens as capital of Greece, is hosting the exhibition Athens 180 years capital of the Greek State.

In order to honour the 400 years since the death of the famous artist El Greco, the Benaki Museum in Athens is organizing two exhibitions dedicated to this great Renaissance painter.

An exhibition entitled Ghika- Fermor- Craxton: 3 places, 3 creators is organized by the Benanki Museum and presents the friendship between the three artists and the impact of the Greek landscape on their work.

The famous TBEX Europe 2014 is taking place in the next days in Athens, from October 23rd to 25th, 2014, at the Conference Center of the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).

The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens organizes a small tribute exhibition with the title The Depiction of Death in the Work of El Greco to honor the 400 years since the death of this great artist.

Athens Classic Marathon changes name to Authentic Marathon. This year, it is taking place on November 9th, including a 10km and 5 km race, apart from the Marathon Route.