Students teach in English the Greek poem "Της Δικαιοσύνης Ήλιε Νοητέ" του Οδυσσέα Ελύτη in Sax of Spain.

1. Odysseus Elytis
Famous Greek
Poet
(2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996)

2. Odysseus
Elytis
Odysseus Alepoudellis was his real
name!!!
Literary member of the 30s generation!
A major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the
whole world!
In 1979 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature!
One of his most important creations was the poetry collection
“Axion Esti” (1959), which was set to music by Mikis Theodorakis.

3. Mikis Theodorakis
Born in 29 July
1925
Greek composer

4. Mikis Theodorakis
One of the most important contemporary Greek
composers!!!
He has been a politician, former minister four times and
Member of the Greek Parliament!
He is an activist!
Theodorakis was honored with the Lenin Peace Prize
(1983)!
He has dealt with all kinds of music, and has written the
Sirtaki "Zorba the Greek" (1964), based on traditional
Cretan music!

5. “Sun of Justice”
Our poem is an extract
from the poetry collection
"Axion Esti”
and its title is
“Sun of Justice”

6. “Sun of Justice”
Sun of Justice, conceived by the mind
And you, oh glorifying myrtle
I implore you, do not
Do not forget my homeland.
Eagle-shaped its high mountains
Lines of vines on the volcanoes’ flanks
And the houses more white
In the neighboring of the azure.
What if it meets Asia on one side
And touches Europe a little bit,
In the air it stands
And in the sea by itself!
Holding thunder into my embittered hands
I return them way back in time’s sands
I’m calling my old friends
With blood and threats.
But all the blood has evaporated
And all the threats have been quarried
And on one against the other
The winds burst in.

7. “Sun of Justice”
Is this poem easy to understand?
Let’ s see…
1. Can you match the following pictures
with the accurate lyrics?

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2. If you were a painter, which words from the
poem would you choose to draw a Greek
scenery (landscape)?

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3. Find the meaning of the underlined words:
eagle-shaped mountains
a) with many eagles b) very high c) proud and untouchable

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3. Find the meaning of the underlined words:
I am calling my old friends
a) his friends of school b) his ancestors c) his relatives

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3. Find the meaning of the underlined words:
And on one against the other
a) hate b) friendship c) love

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4. Who does the poet invoke (call) and what
does he ask from them?

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5. a) What is the geographical position of
Greece?

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5. b) Greece is considered to be a cross road
of nations. (West and East)
How does this have affected its culture
and its traditions? Look at the pictures.

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6. Read carefully the last two turns of the
poem and describe what you feel.
7. According to this poem what are
the conditions that ensure
(guarantee) peace in a country?

22. “Sun of Justice”
Let’s play a game!!!
Find the matching card
of human rights!

23. “Sun of Justice”
“There is nothing more unequal than
the equal treatment of unequal.”
(Aristoteles)

24. “Sun of Justice”
“You have every right to advocate
(support) what you think is right, but
you have no right to impose it.”
(M. Doukidis)

25. “Sun of Justice”
“The culture, just like a fertile land, brings
all good.”
(Socrates)

26. “Sun of Justice”
“I have no hopes. I am not afraid.
I am free!”
(N. Kazantzakis)

27. “Sun of Justice”
“What opposes the oppressor (tyrant) is
called people.”
(Thucydides)

28. “Sun of Justice”
“If you want to be called a human
you won't stop, not even for a minute,
fighting for peace and for justice.”
(T. Livaditis)

29. “Sun of Justice”
“Better have an hour of free life
than forty years of slavery and prison.”
(R. Feraios)

30. “Sun of Justice”
“Our only right,
our only faithful,
our only eternal cloth,
is our skin.
And I am not ashamed
if it is black,
white, or dark.”
(M. Loudemis)