Wise, Foolish and Troublesome: Self-Portraits Beyond Political Correctness

Dates

17.07 — 18.07.2026

Start Time

20.00

Description

— In what way are philosophers superior to other people?
“Even if all laws were abolished, we would continue to live in exactly the same way!”

Lucian places philosophers and would-be philosophers up for sale in the marketplace, as figures such as Skarimbas, Gonatas, Souris, but also Embirikos and Sarantaris arrive on the scene—perhaps Theophilos as well, along with others who “took to the mountains so that the plain would not devour them.”

These are thinkers who, each in their own way, balanced between marginality and worldliness. Yet anyone who approaches them closely discovers that the roots of their thought are nourished by the same deep spring of humanism. Within the outline traced by these personalities and their writings, a dynamic sonic

Contributors

Concept, text curation: Korina Vougiouka
Original music: Tasos Rossopoulos
Narration: Giorgos Biniaris
Song, narration: Christos Kechris
Harpsichord: Michalis Papapetrou
Classical guitar: Korina Vougiouka
NPO

VISIT AGIASOS

Information

The Ministry of Culture offers free admission to the events of “All of Greece, One Culture 2026”.
Advanced booking is necessary.
Audience members are only requested to pay for the entrance fee to the archaeological site (€5).

Duration

60'

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