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The '''[[Epsilon]] Team''' (In Greek: '''Ομάδα Έψιλον''', ''Omadha Epsilon'') is a [[conspiracy theory]] concerning a [[secret society]] consisting of an elite team of [[Greece|Greek]] engineers, academics, pilots, powerful businessmen and politicians. First coined by [[Ioannis Fourakis]], this term was later used by [[Anestis Keramidas]], [[Gerasimos Kalogerakis]], [[Dimosthenis Liakopoulos]], [[Kyriakos Velopoulos]] and a few other writers in a series of [[eschatology|eschatological]], [[Messianism|messianic]], [[pseudohistory|pseudohistorical]], [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] and [[national mysticism|national mysticist]] books, which now form a complex [[mythos]].
==Supposed Symbols==
[[Image:Omada E.gif|thumb|150px|This symbol is usually presented as the Epsilon Team's logo.]]
Epsilon Team's supposed symbol is a '''Delphic Epsilon''', ie two [[Epsilon]]s connected back to back and supposedly appearing on their "UFOs" and on [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] and [[Inca Empire|Inca]] monuments. Their "UFOs" are also supposed to have the word "Ελευθερία" (Freedom, in [[Greek language|Greek]]) on them.
==Who believes in its existence?==
Their existence is promoted by (mainly Greek) [[pseudohistory|pseudohistorians]] and [[national mysticism|mystical nationalists]] as well as some [[Ufology|ufologists]].
Their Greek supporters like to present the "Epsilon Team" as a proof of the superiority of the Greek race and culture above all other cultures, by claiming that Ancient Greeks were of extraterrestrial, [[Hyperborea]]n origins and had extremely advanced technology, now secretly discovered and studied by the "Epsilon Team", which is, if not of Greek origin, at least using "forbidden" and "top secret" Greek technology, either the result of rediscovering "ancient" technology or the work of scientists, members of the society.
Also this team is supposed to fight against the so called ''Jewish Darkness'', an eternal fight between light and darkness. A fight between two cultures actually, the Hellenic (Hellas - root(H)el = light) and the Judaic.
== History of the Epsilon team ==
No clear timeline of the Epsilon team can be traced, mainly because people who support its existence or claim to be members, [[connoisseur]]s or even its [[Representation (politics)|representatives]] all give very different and incoherent versions of the story.
Some of them claim that the Epsilon team has existed in some form since the first forms of Greek civilization, and that its members included ancient philosophers, historians, scientists, and politicians like [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Pericles]], [[Socrates]], and so on.
Others don't dwell into antiquity but claim that the "contemporary" form of the Epsilon team as a secret society dates back to the post [[World War II]] period, founded as a secret society by
Greek scientists working in the [[United States]] and economically backed up by people like [[Aristotelis Onassis]] and others (mostly people already deceased at the moment of "acknowledgment").
An interesting view is that of the journalist G. Palmos, who dismisses any attempts at providing a definite timeline or description by simply stating that the Epsilon Team is more of an "eternal common Greek spiritual brotherhood" than a secret society or organized company of sort and thus has no timeline or traceable structure.
== People and publications ==
Most publications and people openly supporting the existence of the Epsilon team are currently found in Greece, and usually their interests are either mystical, nationalistic or [[national mysticism|both]].
A brief list of related publications:
* The Greek "Ελληνόραμα" (Hellenorama) magazine, a monthly magazine featuring articles on the existence of Greek Language elements in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] or [[Australian Aboriginal languages]] (a claim made by a German linguistics professor named Nors S. Josephson in his book "Greek Linguistic Elements in the Polynesian Languages - Hellenicum Pacificum") and various [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] articles with no bibliographic references. While some of their claims are true, they are usually mixed and adulterated with irrationality.
* The Greek "Τρίτο Μάτι" (Third Eye) monthly magazine, mostly focusing on [[mysticism]], [[National Mysticism]] and [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].
* Several books, usually marketed only inside Greece and only by some particular bookstores. One of them is a book issued in 1998 by the publisher Dion ([[Thessaloniki]]) called "Omada Epsilon" (The Epsilon Team), by Anestis Keramidas. Some other books related to [[National Mysticism]] are published by the Greek publisher "Georgiades books" (see external links). Other epsilonist writers are [[Gerasimos Kalogerakis]] and [[Yannis Fragoulis]].
* Giorgios Paras is the current spokesperson for the Epsilon Team chapter in Australia.
== External links ==
* [http://www.fourakis.gr The website of writer Ioannis Fourakis who was the first to use the term 'Epsilon Team']
* [http://www.georgiadesbooks.gr Greek publisher specializing in books of historical and philosophical content] (in [[Greek language|Greek]])
* [http://www.ysee.gr/ The English version of the website of The Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes - neopagan movement]
* [http://www.avgerinos.tk Greek website with lots of information about omada epsilon]
* [http://homepages.pathfinder.gr/the_unknowns/html/epsilon.htm Nice website with general information to start with in Greek]
* [http://www.diipetes.gr/html/dx_5.html Critical article from the official publication of the [[Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes]] denouncing epsilonist theories as fraudulent]
* [http://funel.blogspot.com Greek-language blog satirizing the actions of [[Dimosthenis Liakopoulos]], denouncing him as a speculator who takes advantage of people's naivety and a promoter of fanaticism and idiocy. Liakopoulos sued the owners of weblisting blogme.gr, because they had a link to this precise blog that exposed him and his actions]
* [[n:Greek blog aggregation service administrator jailed, service censored|Wikinews announcement of Liakopoulos' lawsuit against the owner of weblisting (link aggregation service) blogme.gr for linking to the - mentioned above - blog that lampoons him]]
* [http://blog.dontkissthefrog.net/2006/10/26/greek-aggregation-service-administrator-gets-jailed-for-linking/ Article regarding the imprisonment of blogme.gr's administrator that was caused by [[Dimosthenis Liakopoulos]] for linking to the funEL satirical blog]
==See also==
*[[Conspiracy theory]]
*[[National mysticism]]
*[[Pseudohistory]]
[[Category:Epsilonism]]
[[Category:secret societies]]
[[el:Ομάδα Έψιλον]]