In a growingly troubled society characterized by short-sightedness, self-indulgence, private acquisitiveness and public irresponsibility, a government backed effectively and sincerely by leading political parties proved to be an impossible dream.
Wealth was no hindrance for a lady whose charity to girls and cripples outraged medieval Athens.
In the time of Homer, it was the greatest Greek entrepot of the Eastern trade. For over a thousand years it was despised Aletria. Then it briefly bloomed as Nea Psara, a dear (if unsuccessful) project of King Otto’s. Thanks mainly to the efforts of the Swiss, Greek and American archeologists, it regained in 1970 its once renowned name.
Whether prominent composers make responsible members of parliament is a question that has arisen several times in this country, but has never been convincingly answered. Mikis Theodorakis, who entered the Chamber from the left many a year ago, now sits on the right, a grand and honorary deputy of ND.
A rare atmospheric phenomenon enveloped Athens in such a deep fog one day last month that it was impossible to see three cars ahead in any of the city’s traffic jams.
Perpetrators of violent vendettas, rugged inhabitants of mountain fastnesses the scourge of more peaceable islanders in the lowlands, the intractable inhabitants of Sfakia have a fierce history of blood and iron. Over the centuries, the heroes’ names may have changed, but both the Venetians and Moslems met their match on the southwest coast of Crete.
Cross and multi-cultural issues play a lesser role in family dynamics than other factors. Nora Charitos speaks about the work, and play, in relationships and families enriched, and complicated, by diversity.
If the new prime minister produces a marvel, it will be to convince his starry-eyed, pampered fellow-citizens that there are no more miracles from now on except responsibility, integrity, self-control and hard work
It was reassuring to learn on the fifth of November that the sun rose precisely at 6:45 am and set punctually at 5:23 pm, since almost everything else which happened that day seemed to be inconclusive. These were the times between which the polling stations were open, and during which 6,215,985 Greek citizens expressed themselves in one way or another.
This otherwise beautiful and fascinating book is tragically deficient in its cartography and in fact in all the appurtenances of a serious work, having only one map, and that inadequate and wholly lacking a Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, Index, Footnotes, and even the most summary of Bibliographies.
