58 Antidote Essays...

"But why does Hellenism fail to rise to the occasion, and instead of being a teacher of democracy, it resembles more of a bad student? Why are we becoming like the "old rag of nations" as Makrygiannis says?"

"Article after article, we set out to make an effort that resembles what archaeologists and conservators of artworks do when they find a beautiful ancient Greek statue. To clean, that is, the bad rust that has taken hold of the Greek marbles."

"I am talking about the Hellenism of the fighter who liberated you by fighting "for Freedom and the Holy Faith of Christ". I am also talking about the Hellenism of the poet who names his work "Axion Esti", of the composer who sets it to music with sounds taken from the Byzantine musical tradition, and of those performers who sing it with the philanthropic strictness of the joyous sorrow of Greek meter."

"And if you want to understand better what I mean, you don't need any more words. Look at the statue of Nike of Samothrace for a while. Listen to the Salutations of the Virgin Mary. Or watch the Trantellenes dance the serra."