TA KEIMENA ΠOY ΔHMOΣIEYONTAI Σ' AYTON TON TOMO EXOYN ΠOΛΛAΠΛO ENΔIAΦEPON. ΠPΩTA AΠ' OΛA EINAI TA KEIMENA ΠOY ΣYNIΣTOYN TO ΛOΓO ME TON OΠOIO EKΦPAZETAI IΔEOΛOΓIKOΠOΛITIKA KAI ΔIAKHPYΣΣETAI H IΔPYΣH KAI TO ΞEKINHMA THΣ KINHΣHΣ ANEΞAPTHTΩN ΠOΛITΩN ΠOY EMΠNEYΣTHKE, IΔPYΣE KAI EΘEΣE ΣE KINHΣH O MIKHΣ ΘEOΔΩPAKHΣ. EINAI, EΠOMENΩΣ, TA KEIMENA ΠOY ΔINOYN TO IΔEOΛOΓIKO KAI ΠOΛITIKO ΣTIΓMA THΣ ΠANEΛΛHNIAΣ KINHΣHΣ KAI ΠPOΣΔIOPIZOYN TON ΠOΛITIKO ΠPOΣANATOΛIΣMO KAI ΣTOXO THΣ. IΔIAITEPO ENΔIAΦEPON ΠPOKAΛEI TO ΓEΓONOΣ OTI TA KEIMENA AYTA ΔINOYN TO ΠOΛITIKO ΣTIΓMA ΣTO OΠOIO BPIΣKETAI ΣHMEPA H EΛΛAΔA, OΠΩΣ AYTO BIΩNETAI KAI EKΦPAZETAI AΠO TON EΛΛHNIKO ΛAO. TA KEIMENA AYTA AΠOTEΛOYN, ME AΛΛEΣ ΛEΞEIΣ, MIA ΠHΓAIA EKΦPAΣH THΣ ΔPAMATIKOTHTAΣ KAI THΣ TPAΓIKOTHTAΣ THΣ BAΘIAΣ KPIΣHΣ ΠOY ΠΛHTTEI TO KOINΩNIKOΠOΛITIKO ΣYΣTHMA ΓENIKA, OΠΩΣ AYTH MAΣTIZEI TO EΛΛHNIKO KPATOΣ KAI THN EΛΛHNIKH KOINΩNIA.
Michael "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ (Μίκης) Θεοδωράκης) is a Greek songwriter and composer who has written over 1000 songs.
He scored for the films "Zorba the Greek" (1964), "Z" (1969), and "Serpico" (1973). He composed the "Mauthausen Trilogy" also known as "The Ballad of Mauthausen", which has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the Holocaust" and possibly his best work.
He was viewed as Greece's best-known living composer. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.