In the shadow of Mount Taygetus, seven-year-old Acenes endures the merciless training of Sparta's agoge, where boys are forged into legendary warriors through discipline and hardship. When a violent earthquake splits the earth beneath his feet, Acenes tumbles into an ancient cavern and unwittingly awakens something terrible—a dragon imprisoned centuries ago by King Leonidas himself.As devastation spreads across distant lands, the Spartan Council dismisses the threat as irrelevant t...

THE MODERNIST GREEK poet Tasos Livaditis first appeared amongst us a century ago in one of the planet's most storied jurisdictions. Because its narrative is often the first chapter in many a history, schoolkids throughout the West know the Hellenic Republic as the cradle of civilization, learning early in life to associate its geography at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, on the southernmost tip of the Balkans, with the likes of Plato, Aristotle Socrates, Homer, Sappho, and Alexan...

A detailed study of Thessaloniki’s founding, combining archaeological evidence, Strabo’s texts, and Hellenistic urban planning.This book examines the founding of Thessaloniki, one of the most important and enduring Hellenistic cities. It brings together various topics relating to Cassander’s foundation, some of them reconsidered and others examined for the first time, and is informed by the results of the archaeological research of the region around modern Thessalo...

Novel about the years of dictatorship in Greece between 1967-1974

I crafted iambuses about the lastdesperate cry of the lunaticbefore they seal him in the straitjacket,

Contemporary Life imagery with Mediterranean flavours addressing human condition and behaviour.

This book explores the human body from the perspective of a connective network, shifting away from the traditional reductionist view of isolated organs, bones, and muscles. It highlights three primary hidden systems—fascia, interstitial fluid, and the lymphatic system—detailing how they form a continuous, dynamic matrix that provides structural architecture, nourishes cells, regulates fluid balance, and acts as a vast sensory and communication network. The text examines how movement, mecha...

We are taught to obsess over what we eat, how we train, and how we sleep—yet we ignore the fluid medium that houses all sixty trillion of our cells. Most people believe staying hydrated is as simple as drinking eight glasses of water a day. However, chronic afternoon fatigue, brain fog, joint stiffness, and resting heart rate spikes are often the hidden distress signals of a body running dry at the cellular level.In ACTIVATE: The New Science of Optimal Hydration...

Giorgos Seferis was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1900. He attended school in Smyrna and finished his studies at the Gymnasium in Athens. When his family moved to Paris in 1918, Seferis studied law at the University of Paris and became interested in literature. He returned to Athens in 1925 and was admitted to the Royal Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the following year. This was the beginning of a long and successful diplomatic career, during which he held posts in England (1931-193...

Translations, like everything else, wear out over time, as language, and those who read or use it, change. With a poet like Cavafy, who was so precisely tuned to the idiom of his peers, it is even more important to update the English versions of his poems frequently, so that they have the same immediate resonance with the times as the originals had with their time. This is, of course, an impossible task. There is no single word, much less any phrase, that has exactly the same weight and hi...

In ACTIVATE YOUR FASCIA, author Manolis X. Mavrios bridges hard anatomical science with practical, body-first restoration protocols. Moving beyond outdated static stretching routines, this book dives deep into the dynamic mechanics of the fascial web—exploring the vital role of cellular hydration, collagen architecture, and extracellular matrix lubrication.Inside, you will discover:The Anatomy of the Living Matrix: How fascia acts as your body...

"Activate Your Eyesight" completely shatters the outdated paradigm that vision degradation and computer-induced eye strain are inevitable consequences of aging and digital life. The human eye is not broken; it is simply trapped in a state of chronic muscular lockdown, starved of essential light energy, and subjected to chaotic pixel environments. This comprehensive guide provides a scientifically backed blueprint to reverse near-focus spasms, restore deep corneal hydration, and retrain the...