Christos Leontis

A star is born, not made, and has no age. This realization prevailed in the minds of all of us fortunate enough to attend Marinella’s concert last Saturday evening, in the beautiful courtyard of the Moni Toplou.

Manos Eleftheriou, a respected Greek writer of poetry, short stories novels and songs, died of a heart attack in the early hours of Sunday, after suffering from various health problems. He was 80 years old.

The front-runner for the post of president of the embattled ERT state broadcasting company is due to address members of Parliament in Athens Tuesday.

Composer Christos Leontis has been presenting work at Epidaurus since 1977 and is now celebrating his 40-year history at the smaller of the two ancient theaters with a special concert on Friday, July 14. It will include milestones from his entire career, from his first album "Katachnia" (1963), to his most recent song cycle "Floga pou kaiei (Burning Flame).