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So, yeah, it's a beautiful concept and the Odyssey is actually a story of Nostos but because the wife, Penelope, is home waiting for Odysseus to return but he gets waylaid with all these adventures and travails, and he does arrive there eventually.Ġ2:46 Nick: Speaking of Greece, you've got a one way ticket to Athens in a couple of days and I was hoping you might be able to speak a bit about Greece as a country, what it means for you and your identity and what this home coming or ' nostos' in itself means for you?Ġ3:01 Elly: Well, I love Greece.
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Well, it features in Homer the Odyssey which is the second great books after the Iliad, was about the adventures of Odysseus and his return to Ithaca and his travails along the way which took him 10 years to get to Ithaca, and it's also a very famous Greek poet called Kavafis wrote a beautiful poem about Ithaca which is about the journey, not the destination.Ġ2:14 Nick: How stunning, and I think I remember from my ancient Greek lessons years ago of a kind of Greek story about coming home or returning home called Nostos or a Nostros or something?Ġ2:23 Elly: Nostos, yes, which is the journey home, the return home. My father was born in Cypress and he came to Australia as a 19 year old in 1951, and my mother, her parents were from a beautiful Greek island called Ithaca and my mum was born here my grandparents having arrived in the 1920s.Ġ1:40 Nick: How wonderful, and Ithaca is quite a famous and poetic island in Greek literature, isn't it?Ġ1:46 Elly: It is. Elly, it's a pleasure to be speaking with you this evening.Ġ1:10 Now, for our listeners who aren't as familiar with you or your story, could you provide a brief overview of your life to date?Ġ1:15 Elly: Yes, I can. In just a few days’ time, Elly will be returning to Greece so we're very lucky to be speaking with her on her last Wednesday in Melbourne for the foreseeable future.Ġ0:59 Elly has become known to the Australian public as the loving, caring and articulate mother to the late Samuel Symons, as well as Raphael and Joel. Aside from her political and cultural advocacy work, Elly has a unique academic background across business, archaeology and psychology.Ġ0:44 Elly has strong Greek heritage, with her family arriving in Australia from Cypress in 1951. Check out to get your order in, and be sure to follow them on Instagram and Facebook for their exclusive and delicious recipes.Ġ0:27 I'm lucky to be joined today by Elly Symons, vice president of the Australian Parthenon Committee, a body advocating for the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures in Greece. Today's episode is proudly brought to you by The Flying Zucchinis, a company delivering fresh and affordable fruit, veg and other produce across Melbourne each week. Elly Symons on Greece, Identity, the Parthenon Marbles, and the Life and Legacy of Samuel SymonsĠ0:00 Nick: Welcome to Bloom, a conversations podcast about anything and everything.