The FratricidesAgainst the background of the Greek civil war of the late 1940s, Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, has taken to the mountains with a group of villagers and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world. |
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... hungry . My mother was hungry , too , she was just an old woman . The injustice of it strangled me , and one day at the factory I raised my voice in protest . ' Justice ! Justice ! ' I shouted . ' How long are we going to work and still ...
... hungry . My mother was hungry , too , she was just an old woman . The injustice of it strangled me , and one day at the factory I raised my voice in protest . ' Justice ! Justice ! ' I shouted . ' How long are we going to work and still ...
Page 189
... hungry down . They covered the walls with huge red flags that had black dragons on them and strange letters that ... Hunger , prison , death ! " And the army would go off again , spilling over north and south ; Freedom —that armed ghost ...
... hungry down . They covered the walls with huge red flags that had black dragons on them and strange letters that ... Hunger , prison , death ! " And the army would go off again , spilling over north and south ; Freedom —that armed ghost ...
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... hunger and scorn and the desert ? Go on then , the time has come ! Unfurl the Prophet's green flags in the wind ... hungry that he goes from flower to flower , from tent to tent , from heart to heart ; and his wings are loaded with ...
... hunger and scorn and the desert ? Go on then , the time has come ! Unfurl the Prophet's green flags in the wind ... hungry that he goes from flower to flower , from tent to tent , from heart to heart ; and his wings are loaded with ...
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arms asked beard beasts began blessed blood bolshevik brothers CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ Captain Drakos Castello Christ church courtyard cried crucified CRUZ The University cursed death door earth Epirus eyes face Father Arsénios Father Yánaros fell felt filled fire firewalker freedom grabbed gray owl Greece growled guerrillas hair hand head hear heard heart hills holy Holy Chalice HOLY MONDAY Holy Saturday hungry icon iconostas jumped kerchief kill Kyriákos laughed leaped Lenin Leonidas lips listen looked Lord Loukas mind monastery monk Mount Athos mouth murmured neck night old Mandras opened pain priest raised rebels replied Resurrection rifles road rocks rose Sash Satan Second Coming shouted silent smiled soldiers soul speak stone stood Stratis suddenly talk tears tell thought took trembled turned UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA Vassos village voice waited walked watched wild woman women words young