“…If we trained our souls as we train our bodies, what wonders we could achieve!”

In every model education system, this observation by Nikos Kazantzakis is applied fully and without compromise. At all the leading universities where we hope our children will study, “sport and classical studies are parallel, kindred paths”.

We are very proud to have secured the agreement of the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum to bring its exhibition to our Elefsina from 4 to 18 May 2019.

However unexpected it may sound, our great writer is among the few who have written about the importance of team sport. We want parents and children in our city to understand team sport in its proper context. Details of the exhibition, talks and many parallel activities will follow.

We warmly thank PAKPPA of the Municipality of Elefsina for providing the Leonidas Kanellopoulos Cultural Centre and for its important support.

Travelling… Elefsina, then. What an honour!

P.S. Following the recent upsetting events in basketball, read what Kazantzakis wrote in 1939:

“…Know that the opposing team is not, deep down, an enemy: it cooperates with you, because without it there would be no game.”

As you read this, remember Pitino’s remarks on the subject. How relevant Kazantzakis remains to the philosophy of advanced education systems!