{"id":7874,"date":"2022-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2023eleusis.eu\/quot-clock-tower-voices-quot-with-lydia-koniordou-at-the-official-youtube-channel-of-2023-eleusis-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:51:32","slug":"quot-clock-tower-voices-quot-with-lydia-koniordou-at-the-official-youtube-channel-of-2023-eleusis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2023eleusis.eu\/en\/quot-clock-tower-voices-quot-with-lydia-koniordou-at-the-official-youtube-channel-of-2023-eleusis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Clock Tower Voices” with Lydia Koniordou at the official YouTube Channel of 2023 ELEUSIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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available free from Tuesday 22 February<\/strong> at 18.00 p.m.<\/strong>
on the official YouTube channel of 2023 ELEUSIS<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Coloring the Clock,<\/strong> the monumental landmark of the city that dominates the hill of the Archaeological Site of Elefsina<\/strong>, the Clock Tower Voices <\/strong>hosted in their third edition, on Sunday, November 21, 2021, <\/strong>a great interpreter of Greek texts, Lydia Koniordou. In a separate recitation visible from the pedestrian street of Nikolaidou Street, the artist with excessive sensitivity, breathed life into the masterpiece poem of Angelos Sikelianos Iera Odos, as well as excerpts from his Eleusinian Testament, revealing the context of Farazi, aspects of the history but also of the mythology of the poet’s favorite city, Elefsina and the emblematic road that leads to it. The special performance is part of a series of original sound performances, interpretations of landmark texts of Greek literature by distinguished artists, which mark the Mystery 2 | Clock Tower Voces <\/strong> 2023 \u0395\u039b\u0395V\u03a3\u0399\u03a3<\/strong> European Capital of Culture<\/strong> and will be screened free of charge from Tuesday 22 February<\/strong> at 18.00 p.m.<\/strong> on the official YouTube channel of 2023 \u0395\u039b\u0395V\u03a3\u0399\u03a3<\/strong> <\/strong>(youtube.com\/c\/2023Eleusis<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cAs symbols are not possible, except where life, whether secret or manifest, is conceived in its highest inner duration.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The connection of Sikelianos with Elefsina began at a young age when the poet had a vision of a procession of hierophants heading towards the sanctuary of Demeter while he was standing on the slopes of Mount Egaleo.\u00a0His emotional and ideological ties with the city were consolidated years later, through his regular visits to literary meetings and dinners organized by Georgios Domestichos and his wife Amalia. Also indicative of his connection with the city was his choice to perform his wedding with Anna Karamani, the fruit of their scandalous love, in the small altar of the sacred temple of Elefsina, Agelastos Petra (Mourning Rock).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Angelos Sikelianos wrote the Sacred Way in 1935, ascribing mythology to Elefsina, just as this place had attributed mythology to the poet\u2019s own work. On the road leading from Athens to Elefsina, following the ancient processions of Elefsinians, the poet speaks of man\u2019s redemption from oppression and pain, through the \u201csymbolic event.\u201d He uses his own characteristic language to send a comforting message of resurrection and triumph of life, regarding the desolation and enslavement that led human beings, through their folly, to subjugate Mother Earth, the symbol of motherhood and love. Sikelianos\u2019 Sacred Way is a poem-vision on the day of salvation and redemption, when the human soul will be reconciled with the eternal laws of life and nature.<\/p>\r\n