Ulysses Elytis was a Greek poet who won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature. He said that if Greece is disintegrated, you will be left with an olive tree, a vineyard, and a boat - referring to Greece's agricultural productivity and shipping industry as the forces that can rebuild the country. Melina Merkouri was an actress and politician who believed Greece's legacy and fortune lies in its culture and tourism. She fought to return the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to Athens. Xenophon Zolotas was a Greek economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Greece and Prime Minister. He gave a famous speech in Washington D.C. using only words of Greek origin to

1. Personalities who have
talked about our country
Greece

2. Ulysses Elytis
Greek poet (1911- 1996)
He was awarded
the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature

3. «If you disintegrate Greece, you will eventually find
yourself left with an olive tree, a vineyard and a boat.
Which means: with so many more you make it again»
Doodle features an olive tree, a boat and a bunch of
grapes, referring to the following famous quotation
from the great poet.

4.  The poet on the one hand talks about the land and
its fruits, that is, the productivity and hard work of
the Greeks through agriculture. On the other hand,
he talks about the curiosity and adventure that
pushed the Greeks into shipping.
 Greece's financial crisis over the last 10 years is well
known. So land cultivation and shipping are the two
major forces that can lead Greece back to
development ...

5. Melina Merkouri
Actress and politician (1920 - 1994)
A leading Republican fighter. Her vision was to return the
Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum.

6. “Greece must play a leading role in culture. This
is her legacy, this is her fortune and if we lose it
we are NOT”
“Tourism is Greece's heavy industry”
“I hope to see the Marbles back in Athens
before I die. But if they come later, I will be
born again”

7. Melina Mercouri believed that
Greece's two major forces are its
culture and tourism. So she fought to
get the Parthenon Marbles, a
monument of world culture, back into
their natural space (something that
hasn't been done yet).

8. Xenophon Zolotas
Greek economist and academic (1904-2004)
He has served three times as Governor of the Bank of Greece and
Prime Minister of Greece.

9. • In addition to his financial knowledge, Zolotas was a
highly educated man with a cult of Greek. Two
speeches he made in 1957 and 1959 in Washington will
remain historical. The special thing was that he only
used words of Greek origin which used in English.
• He thus wanted to show how much influence the Greek
language has on a global level. At the same time, he
chose this way to awaken the philanthropic feelings of
the powerful in the world economy. Although this
speech is written in English it can be understood by any
Greek, because all words are of Greek origin.
• The audience attending the IMF (International
Monetary Fund) meeting remained speechless and
Zolotas' speech remained historic.

10. The speech was:
• Kyrie, I eulogize the archons of the Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus
and the Ecumenical Trapeza for the orthodoxy of their axioms,
methods and policies, although there is an episode of cacophony of
the Trapeza with Hellas.
• With enthusiasm we dialogue and synagonize at the synods of our
didymous Organizations in which polymorphous economic ideas and
dogmas are analyzed and synthesized. Our critical problems such as
the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy.
• This phenomenon is characteristic of our epoch. But, to my thesis,
we have the dynamism to program therapeutic practices as a
prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe. In parallel, a panethnic
unhypocritical economic synergy and harmonization in a democratic
climate is basic. I apologize for my eccentric monologue. I
emphasize my eucharistia to you Kyrie, to the eugenic and generous
American Ethnos and to the organizers and protagonists of this
Amphictyony and the gastronomic symposia.

11. Thank you!
Σας ευχαριστούμε!
(Sas efharistoume)