 
Hi everyone!
Welcome to GreeceFromHome.
My name is Akis Sakellariou.
I am an actor.
I live in Athens.
And today we are going to have a small
journey together for time.
We are going to use
my spaceship,
since we stay home.
Covid - 19
forced us to temporarily
accept some restrictions
to our constitutional rights
in order to protect public health.
Well,
this shouldn’t frighten us
You see, democracy has its roots
very deep in the past.
And since democracy and theatre
were born at the same time.
Here is a monologue
of an ancient Greek tragedy
called “The suppliant women”
by Euripidus
written in 423 BC.
Thiseas,
the heroic king of Athens
compares democracy to tyranny.
Now..
This kind of texts,
they need some
rhythm.
So,
let’s have some physical beat!
Okay, here is the monologue!
This play was presented by
the National Theater of Greece
and the Theatrical Organization of Cyprus
last summer.
Under the direction of
Mister Stathis Livathinos
and translated by Giorgos Koropoulis.
Our opening nights was
at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus
Now
Performing at Epidaurus, it’s an experience that is very hard to express it
with words.
The energy between an audience of thousands of people and the stage..
The feeling that these stones
embraced and echoed
the same words
more than two thousand three hundred years ago,
it's..it’s unforgettable!
It gives you the essence of..
of timeless.
This is our heritage.
Theatre people,
Actors, directors, musicians, dancers
will probably be among the last in
the chain of economy
that will recover from this
modern tragedy
and go back to work.
However,
we feel obliged
to preserve this heritage.
We feel obliged to
treasure this human touch,
human communication,
human warmth.
Democracy,
theatre,
important words.
Important duty
to carry on our shoulders.
I hope you enjoyed this small journey as much as I did.
It’s nice to feel close
while we have to remain apart.
So..
Stay home.
Stay safe.
Stay tuned to the next GreeceFromHome.
And don’t forget to visit greecefromhome.com
in order to stay connected with our
Greek Creator Channel.
One last word
to our European friends
Corragio
Coraje
Courage
Courage
