On the provincial road that passes through the village of Arkadi, visitors can see a simple but elegant memorial dedicated to the fallen members of the historic Skoulas family. It is composed of three vertical marble columns, whose upper end is evocative of the Minoan horns of consecration. The middle column, which is topped by a brass wreath as a symbol of glory, bears 31 names of members of the Skoulas family, who fell for their country in armed conflicts during the period spanning from the Greek War of Independence to the German Occupation. The left column bears the phrase “The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men” in Greek, which Thucydides preserved in Pericles's Funeral Oration, and the right column bears the poem “Thermopylae” by Constantine Cavafy.
Main Bibliography
- Bury John – Meiggs Russell, A History of Greece. To the Death of Alexander the Great, Translated by Rouli Tataki, K. N. Petropoulos, Anna Papadimitriou - Grammenou, Konstantinos Buraselis, Angelos Matthaiou, Athens 2011.
- Αλεξάνδρου, μτφρ. Ρούλη Τατάκη, Κ. Ν. Πετρόπουλος, Άννα Παπαδημητρίου Γραμμένου,
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- Lefèvre François, Histoire Du Monde Grec Antique, Translated by Anastasia Kefala, Mina Kardamitsa, Athens 2016.
- Καρδαμίτσα, Αθήνα 2016.
- Antonopoulou Zeta, Τα Γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834-2004, Athens 2003.
- Karaiskou Vicky, Νεοελληνική Γλυπτική: Ματιές και αναγνώσεις, Athens 2011.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Ζητήματα Νεοελληνικής Γλυπτικής, Athens 1998.
- Γλυπτά, Αθήνα 2020.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Από τον Ιερό Λόχο στον Κωνσταντίνο ΙΒ’: Νεότερα Αθηναϊκά Γλυπτά, Athens 2020.
Main Webliography
http://www.athenssculptures.com
https://explore.cure-project.gr
https://www.thisiscrete.gr/gr/historical-monuments
https://www.wikipedia.org
Informations
Additional
Creator: Aristotelis Papadimitriou
Material: Marble, stone, brass
Location: Arkadi Provincial Road
Type: Memorial
Subject: Battle of Crete
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