The Discover bookstore and Pataki publications invite you to the presentation of Manos Kontoleon’s new book entitled “Like Medea”.
The event will take place on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:00 pm. in the bookstore.
They will talk regarding the book:
Vasiliki Resvani, Director of the 23rd Board of Directors Patras teacher, Did. of the University of Patras
Maria Aggouri, philologist
Narration:
Maria Andr. Spyropoulou, dramatist – philologist
Nikolaos Metaxas, Principal at the 21st Primary School of Patras – teacher.
The event will be accompanied by musicians: Spyro Kantareli (trombone), Geli Mitrogianni (piano), Manos Antonopoulos (classical percussion)
Performed by Evita Minja
Description
“Like Medea!” they say But who was Medea? Yes I know!
Known for so many centuries now for those days when she was a refugee in Corinth, when Jason abandoned her and she, to avenge him, kills their two children. The earlier events of her life are perhaps few and far between known. They almost all fit into the narrative of the Argonaut Campaign, which means that they have to do with Jason’s own plans and the help that Medea offered him. She is his helper, his shield of protection.
But what are her own thoughts? What are her dreams?
A woman who takes on the guise of a satanic witch to serve her lover and who then stains her hands with the blood of her children to avenge the betrayer of her love.
Infanticide for reasons of love revenge.
I was not convinced by this interpretation.
And so I decided to reread an old story and then write the novel of a somewhat different woman.
Like Medea, then, and its title.
Manos Kontoleon was born in Athens in 1946. He studied Physics at the University of Athens. His first appearance in letters was in 1969 in an anthology of young Greek writers. Ten years later, his first books, which are fairy tales, are published. To date, more than seventy of his books have been published, aimed at children and young people as well as adult readers. He deals with all kinds of written language: novel, novella, short story, fairy tale, play, essay. His books have been translated in France, Germany, Thailand and the USA. His works have been adapted for theater and television. He has been honored twice with the State Prize, for the teenage novel Mask to the Moon (Pataki Publishing, 1997, State Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature) and for the fairy tales with colorful illustrations Precious Gifts (Pataki Publishing, 2009, State Prize children’s literature) as well as many other awards and distinctions. He was nominated for the International Andersen Prize. In addition to writing books, he collaborates with newspapers, electronic and print magazines, television and radio stations. Details of his work at www.kontoleon.gr
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