Ilisos (51 years now in Greece)

Ilisos, the Magazine of the Theosophical Society in Greece is named after a sacred river located in the area of Athens. It is the oldest magazine in Greece that published themes related to theosophy, to the ancient Hellenic teachings, so long supressed by the church in Greece.

We publish the magazine every three months. The program of the T.S. included in its contents. The current editor of the magazine is Mrs Ifigenia Kastamoniti. We have over 600 subscribers all over Greece and abroad.

The magazine of the T.S. in Greece is published only in the Hellenic language.


The annual subscription for the magazine Ilisos inside Greece is: 15.00 Euros
The annual subscription, for abroad is: 30.00 Euros.

Is you are interested into subscribing to our magazine, you may contact: ilisos@theosophicalsociety.gr

Ilissos in the Greek Mythology

Ilissos was a River-God of Attika. His parents are considered to be Okeanos and Tethys and Plato in Phaedrus mentions that his offspring is Pharmakeia. The stream of the river Ilissos flowed through the town of Athens.

"Phaidros: I should like to know, Sokrates, whether the place is not somewhere here at which Boreas is said to have carried off Oreithyia from the banks of the Ilissos?
Socrates: Such is the tradition.

Phaidros: And is this the exact spot? The little stream [the Ilissos] is delightfully clear and bright; I can fancy that there might be maidens playing near.
Socrates: I believe that the spot is not exactly here, but about a quarter of a mile lower down, where you cross to the temple of Artemis, and there is, I think, some sort of an altar of Boreas at the place ...Oreithyia was playing with Pharmakeia [presumably the Naiad daughter of Ilissos], when a northern gust carried her over the neighbouring rocks; and this being the manner of her death, she was said to have been carried away by Boreas."

Plato, Phaedrus 229