Τετάρτη 10 Απριλίου 2013

ODYSSEUS AND HELEN- ELENI-SYNOPSIS-THEATER-OPERA-TETRALOGY OF VENICE-FROM THE NOVEL OF VENICE


FROM THE NOVEL OF VENICE

                             
                  NIKOS KOLESIS

                    SYNOPSIS  

            TETRALOGY OF VENICE
                             -B-
            ODYSSEUS AND HELEN- ELENI

                   OPERA THEATRE-




Palazzo Montseniko
Casa Vecchia- Palazzo Nero- Casa Nuova
Fabulous palaces rises majestically,
The airs find them  from everywhere, lonely windswept-
As the history of Hellenism in Venice.
Through the lords of Siniora,  doge Francesco Foskari
His daughter Helen-doge Alvize Montseniko
His wife Montsenika and their daughter Eleanor,
Contarini- Pisani - Sebastiano and daughter Sophia Pisani,
The Greeks Brotherhood  welcomed the  knights
 of  Greek Code with great joy.
They made posthumously passes through different
Rebirths-mortal-Immortals lived many lives.
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VENETIAN SOVEREIGNS 
Multimode Ulysses
It is time to narrate
Something of your troubled life.
How many times you returned to Ithaca
Or  Ithaca is a journey.
GONDOLIERIS
Resourceful Odysseus shocked
When he heard about the Return to Ithaca
The lygri nostalgia flooded resigned soul.
Venice
Who man best
Who traveler of stars
Make the journey of  Eternal Return.
GONDOLIERIS
GONDOLIERIS
Who among those who conquered Troy-holy Ptoliethro-City
He returned to Ithaca
He has only friends and not nationals.
VENETIANS 
Exile-fugitive fled to Venice
After the fall of Constantinople.
GONDOLIERIS
You Muse
Teach me to recount the Odyssey
Of Big Time.

LYSSES
Hospitable Venetian sovereigns 
And you tormented Greeks,
It is difficult to talk
For my eventful life.
But I never forgot
How  recognized me my father Laertes.
I never forgot when I went
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In the underworld -in big Nekyia
A I saw the image of my mother's Antikleia,
And the seer Tiresias.
I wanted to know if I go back to Ithaca.
I never forgot the second Emigration-over-the-opening
Living many lives - Same-and different APODIMIES-.EMIGRATIONS. 
ALL TOGETHER
Ulysses died
Odysseus lives a lot of Emigrations.
telling stories for his  achievements 
As another rapsodos of Homer with the mellifluous voice.
Even heard through in my
The terrifying voices of fugitive Greeks.
EALO the City - FΑLL THE CITY
EALO-FΑLL


Screamed and they ran like mad to be saved.
Still haunt my inner voices of Turks
EALO the City-FΑLL THE CITY
EALO-FALL
They shouted and killed everyone there before them.
The royal city was ablaze in  flames. 
People were running in the horrified port
To get on board to be saved.
Constantine Paleologos was fighting the Turks monosna
<< Essential Esomeone  of  Christians
-take my head . >> shouted the last emperor
and died heroically fighting for Constantinople.
The Greeks will eternally glorify his name.
VISSARIONAS
What was the real Helen
ULYSSES
Nobody ever knew the real Helen.
Never entered the boat with blue -bow
Never set the valiant Troy.
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VISSARIONAS
A queen in Sparta
An idol in Troy
A fairy on the Nile
A fairy-a goddess of Venice.
ULYSSES
I never went to Troy
Said convulsed multimode Helen 
When I met her on the banks of Nile.
Paris slept with my shadow.

In front of  San Marco Square-near the gondolas.
ULYSSES
Kingfishers Kingfishers-
You sweet birds seabirds
You carry my fate.

HELEN-THROUGH -INSIDE TIME
Tears of joy and sadness
When Troy was taken the inaccessible castle.
Death - Death
When the city was captured.
At times circular march perpetually.
ULYSSES
Kingfishers Kingfishers-
You sing the song
οf Eternal Return
Tell to me when
I will return home.
HELEN-THROUGH -INSIDE TIME
Venice-Venice
City of legendary loves
How I loved
I will never tell you.
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WAY DOWN IN HELL OF INSIDE TIME


The lagoon of Venice is Acherousia Lake of Big Time
Said the cunning Odysseus.
Divine Ithacans was retreatants and Coming
A secret passage leading to the heart of the Eternal Return.
Only then traveled to the wormhole of big time
Living the different times.
Furies reign in hell of Inside Time
Completed from Michelangelo - the grandson of Ulysses
And his father-Ithakisios and son of Odysseus
Added that must cross the light gate.
Hell of inside Time-passing posthumously
Foretell the future.

DAMNED VENICE
Who are you - who sent you
Your  armors are  invulnerability.
DOGIS -DANDOLO
Conquered Constantinople in 1204
What god or man
What fate or power
Sent you to hell
Through the Time.

Doge Dandolo was burned in a being ablaze sea 
Made from the liquid fire of  Byzantines.
ULYSSES
What sins  pay
What did irreparable
In your Long-suffering life.

Lucretia Borgia-the most corrupt woman of  Middle Ages,
Had a son with her brother, and her father, Pope Alexander the 6th
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Recognized as his son and son of her brother exclaimed Ithakisios. 
Burned by the fiery flames who make the red dragons
Hell. What grief-what curse haunt you.
 Giacomo Casanova the greatest lover of Sinioria
Tortured from women locked up in a cell.
The torments of the damned have no end
DAMNED
Why did you come to this cruel place
What you are looking to find.
Death is unbeatable.
Why did the way down 
Within tin hell of Big Time.
ULYSSES
I'ma Other- None-
Damned erupted voices and screams
They made like mad.

ITHAKISIOS-
Figuring out the secret of love and death
 the Code of Requiem-Code of Venice.
MICHAEL ANGEL-
Figuring out the secret of  Eternal Return
The Secret of Eternal Life
DAMNED
Only cunning minds
They would say such blatantly lying.

Michelangelo what is in front of your feet,
Beneath the ashes said Ulysses
An old rusty one-ring.
Is that what I think
The lost ring warriors of light.
This we are looking for so many centuries.
Makes like crazy for a ring said doge Ntantolo
Constantly speaks with riddles.
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the sacred ring of warriors of light will change the world
Said Ulysses. Miracles-have brand of plus or minus infinity,
The key that opens  codes which solves mysteries
And the riddles of  world. 
Anyone have the ring becomes immortal,
It hides the secret of Eternal Life.
ULYSSES
Wretched of Venice
I'm resourceful Odysseus-King of Ithaca
My son Ithakisios and my grandson Michelangelo.
DAMNED
We are damned to Hades
We want to come with you
We could not bear the Underworld.

ULYSSES
I give you the reason - the king of Ithaca
How one day I will turn into
from the cycles of eternal return.
When becomes clearance
You will understand the journey unfulfilled Nostos
What they mean – ITHACAS 

NOSTALGIA ULYSSES
Odysseus tells STORIES
He felt great crash when he returned alone to Ithaca.
Stood friend of comrades-never left their companions.
It is not true that he left Ithaca
And the faithful Penelope for the eyes of Beautiful Helen. 
Suitors ate my livelihoods besieging my wife
I just had a thought-that I will kill the suitors.
When I saw my son Telemachus-I thought I met a God
Thought  mythical Odysseus.

All together, Ithacans and others were on the-same-boat
Erotic Nostos brought us in Signoria said resourcaful Odysseus.
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Goddess Fog sucks Venice as a fierce dragon
with huge mouth replied Helen Foskari.
An unearthly conqueror ends up each freedom
Dressed in white death.
Black Rider rounded us wearing silver armors.
Countless soldiers walking on the sea.
Come with me said Helen resourceful Helen- Eleni
 and caught Ulysses from the hand.
The bow of t boat crossed-Nebbia-(fog)
like flying in clouds with wings of Cupid.
 Beautiful Helen you are a goddess - a fairy
Hearing the lapping of the waves-wind blowing,
How do you kiss so passionately-'re a witch
We are alone-alone no one can see us,
Hear us ............



Nebia began to dissolve itself as if by magic.
mythical lovers planeftikan from multimode Fog.
Who are multymode  Ulysses
An invincible warrior-an irresistible lover.
Two lovers experienced the communion of love,
The figures took the unusual-volumes diverse dimensions.

THE ISLAND OF SAN LATSARO

After the Greeks nobody can ignore the Greeks.


The son of Laertes never spoke-never said
What happened when he turned behind in Ithaca. 
Multimode Penelope had to deal with over a hundred Suitors.
Wretched and lustful clan ate and drank at the palace
Shattering the royal estate.
The shameless Suitors pressed the faithful Penelope
To choose one of them for  husband.
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They said that tortured Odysseus - King of Ithaca
Lost to foreign-nobody knew whether he lived or died.
One day resourceful Penelope cried suitors Fiancees, 
And she said that whoever manages to stretch the string 
of the bow,
And pass an arrow through twelve axes forked,
He wins-will become her husband-the new king of Ithaca.
 Suitors immediately accepted  ordeal 
But nobody has been able to stretch the chord of  arc.
Resourceful Odysseus realized that now is the time
He stood up and asked to try his luck.
A ragged old man has managed the impossible,
He took his arc -breathe deeply 
and stretched the nerves- chord with power,

Then he put the arrow and it has left the bow
Penetrating the chippers without firing anyone.
Everyone was speechless looking at one another.
Suitors are caught in the trap set up
the resourceful Penelope.
The-Same-bow was the murder weapon.
With the help of his son Telemachus killed the brainless
Fiancees.. Became savage massacre-no one was spared.
Ithaca saved from civil war-won throne
And his wife Penelope divine.

In between came ιn the garden of monastery of San Latsaro
And the Greeks Brotherhood - the Ithakisios -Michelangelo
The Abbot Maximus Roussos-and many monks.
Holy abbot
We will never forget
What you did for us.
You put in jeopardy the Monastery
Said multiform  Ulysses .
MAXIMOS ROYSSOS – ABBOT OF ABBEY SAN LATSARO 
Some sovereigns of Venice
They do not want another engagement with Turks.
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Even if they are not opposite 
with the Revolution of Greeks. 
Nobody in Serene wants Turks.
For Venetians  first came the interest and then the faith.
 The revolution of Greeks created the second big wave of exile 
afterwards Fall of Constantinople.
Greeks scattered to the ends of the Universe.
Ithakisioi chartered a boat - loaded into munitions
 and weapons and started with destination beleaguered Missolonghi.
The freedom fighters crossed  great canal withe ship
When two shadows or two ghosts made sense to stop.
Lord Byron and Dionysios Solomos-two poets
warriors of Messolonghi climbed aboard and said with sadness.
It's late, too late for Messolonghi

 The poets told what happened to witness-town at-Output-Expense. 
The Greek warriors were thrown into battle shouting
FREEDOM OR DEATH
And fell heroically from the vaccines of  Turks.
I Gave in Greece the property, my time,
Now I gave also my life said Byron.
Whoever dies today dies a thousand times .
Saturday Night -to Sunday of Vaios -Palm
 became the heroic - EXIT. 
A wild slaughter – a merciless war burst out without limits. 
Opponents fought with bare swords
 killing opponents mercilessly.

A terrible explosion the most critical moment made the night -day.
The old man Kapsalis    shook gunpowder in  air,
And then Joseph the windmill, they took  together  thousands of Turks.
Chieftain Mark Botsaris - Present
Athanasios Razikostas-General - Absent
Fell heroically fighting.
Kitsos Tzavelas - chieftain-Present
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Swiss James John Mayer
Fell heroically fight.
Soldiers,, .... Absent- Absent-Absent ...

 DUEL IN T SQUARE OF SAINT MARK 
FOR BEAUTIFUL HELEN 
  
The rebellious Greeks - a company - Stratioti-
Multiform Ulysses and  Ithacans came
toward the center of square from the side of St. Mark's.
Doge Ntantolo the Suitors of Venice was the opposite side. 
Greeks had revolted against  Turks
And lovers of Venice believed that multiform Odysseus 
Kept by force the daughter of  duke Franzesko Foskari,
beautiful Helen-Eleni.
The grap of Helen was the cause of  Trojan War
I hope will not happen-the  Same-let free the women.
Brave-Stratioti-If you do not discipline this means death. 
 Resourceful Odysseus answered that Helen
was there because she wanted it. 
No one did not steal famous Venetians

  
The Turks are the common enemy, Venice is the second home.
who completed me said  Helen Foskari
Who will understand me-what I want- if I'm in love.
 Multiform Helen unfairly mock suitors of Venice
Replied Casanova - the biggest lover in Signoria.
It's time to choose who you want for  man
And let the games of love.
Resourceful Odysseus can not keep Helen with deceit. 

MURDER OF  SUITORS in Ithaca was to protect the throne,
And my wife faithful Penelope.
Now we have to defend the freedom of another woman
And a whole nation.
The voices - the screams of  warriors roused  Venetians,
And all ran in  Square. 
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Do not look at from where comes the death
does not look at from where leaves the Life 
The bodies of lads fell under dead.
On the battle Giacomo Casanova beat unwittingly
Beautiful Helen with his sword in breast. 
A knight would never beat a woman shouted.
An accident was answered Helen
Somebodies wanted to die to save Venice.
Multimode Odysseus ran saying-let to see the injury
care your wound . A superficial wound was gone-closed.
Helen Foskari was saved upright

All together Greeks and Venetians broke into applause.
Mythical Odysseus is useless to continue the fight
said Ntantolo , unfairly lost so many lives.
 I have no objection Big Doge replied divine Odysseus.
Only sorry lads, my heart is torn
When I see the corpses of  warriors.
 Greeks never forgot-how Serene accepted refugees
Became the second home-the Other Byzantium.
Therefore accept a gift.

 The warriors of  Greek Code went into lifeless corpses,
And with the tips of swords formed the shape of a cross,
And  Venetians became well but could not make nothing. 
You have the power to restore the dead to life
Asked Ntantolo.
The blows were not fatal, only lost consciousness.
Multimode Ulysses and you tormented  Greeks
Just proof that you are worthy children of  Serenissima.
All Venetians ran to embrace and congratulate
the resourceful GREEKS.

This is the Democracy of Big Time
This is the story.
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ITHAKISIOS AND ELEONORA SYNOPSIS -THEATER-OPERA- TETRALOGY OF VENICE-FROM THE NOVEL OF VENICE


FROM THE NOVEL OF VENICE


                       NIKOS KOLESIS


                          SYNOPSIS 

                 TETRALOGY OF VENICE
                                -A-
          ITHAKISIOS AND ELEONORA

                     OPERA THEATRE-



GONDOLIERIS
Only Venice 
It would go to the Greeks 
After the fall of Constantinople.
Refugees came to the Signoria
To create a new home
-THE-OTHER-Byzantium

Venetians they greeted overwhelmed the Greeks
When downloaded from the boats.
All together  laughed and cried from joy.

ULYSSES

EALO CITY- FALL OF CITY
EALO- FALL
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ALL TOGETHER GREEKS – VENETIANS 
  
EALO THE CITY- FALL THE CITY
EALO -FALL
  

Venetians arrived at the waterfront in  Square
St. Mark's from Rialto, San Giovanni, San Jakaria
from across the city. 
Mothers were looking for their children
 and others ran the churches to pray.
ITHAKISIOS SON-OF ULYSSES
The new start transmitting
from mouth to mouth.
Those who heard it stopped
beat their hearts,
until he was sky-cry
when they heard the Turks.

EALO THE CITY- FALL THE CITY
EALO -FALL

The-Same-cried gondolier in Venice
Venetians --toddlers.

  
EALO THE CITY- FALL THE CITY
EALO -FALL
  

Nebo-Nempia captured the city, 
a white army unfolded everywhere 
Nobody could enter or leave from Venice.
Goddess Fog troubled by the news 
and wanted to freeze time
Changing History.
Indignation sun
Such wild slaughter did not know the Humanity, 
Women were raped and men mow like cobs,
Those who survived - were waiting to sell them slaves
in slave markets of  East.
Three days and three nights kept the carnage.
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VENICE - GREEKS
The Lion of Venice is free
The-Same-and Greeks.

Mills on the island Tzounteka grind the wheat
Millrd the dreams of  Venetian empire.

VISSARIONAS - KARDINALIOS
Quickly get into the gondolas
We were late. 
Waits for us Anna Palaiologina 
The favorite of  last emperor
It's a queen.

All together, the Greeks of  Brotherhood of St. Nicholas
 they went to meet  Anna Notara.
Constantine Paleologos truly loved Anna.
Wanted a successor, he thought he could save the City.
Archduke Loukas Notaras belonged to another camp.
 Was against the Union who believed that marrying his daughter
With the king, would influence Constantine.
Paleologos was a great king,
He understood  intentions of Notaras and did not make the marriage 
even if it loved Anna. 
Arriving at the palace remains the Duchess Anna
Constantly changing homes because the Turks spies
They want to kill her.

 She  is the only successor of Constantine Paleologos
Only this can  be overthrown Mohammed the Conqueror.

Servants waited for  at the entrance of  white palace Laurent.
Divine Ithakisios-Cardinal Bessarion-and other Greeks
 followed Anna Palaiologina and the Great Seals 
Emmanuel Laskaris opened the secret stash to pass through.
They were stunned when they saw unimaginable treasure
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with gold coins-precious stones in naval chests.
Countless Codes-scrolls-books were on the shelves

Anna Palaiologina
The aim is Sacred
The treasure intended for the enslaved Greeks.
 Poor groaning under the tyranny of Ottomans.
The Last Emperor shortly before he died
He asked the money to be credited to  Greeks
To buy weapons
and to revolt against the Turks.
BELIEVED THAT  OTTOMAN CONQUEST 
IT WAS A PARENTHESIS
IN THE EMPIRE OF THOUSANT YEARS .
Mr Emmanuel
Give the gold key with the seal of King
It's time to show the code Constantinople
He will be our guide.
 Greeks alone will make the Revolution
said Constantine.
VISSARIONAS - KARDINALIOS
The liberation of enslaved Fatherland
It's inevitable.
Venice is the second home
Accepted us as Brothers. 
The faster we  drive out the Turks
So much better. 
Our proud population should not 
Bend from sklsbia. 

Anna Palaiologina left three hundred ducats
To build the Greek church in memory of her parents
And her sister Euphrosyne-Efrosini. .
Leave- money in order each year released
A Greek Christian prisoner from  Turks.
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Only the white noise of Venice was heard from outside 
This exquisite music of waves with shells,
When you touch upon with the ear
Hear the heavenly music of ETERNAL RETURN. 
ITHAKISIOS
Good morning Venice
Good morning Bella Venezia
ELEONORA
The sea breeze gets drunk the souls 
Gondolier - gondolier
Patricio
I want to get lost in the labyrinthine canals of Venice
GONDOLIERIS
Gondola gondola gondola
Gondola lift - Gondoli
ITHAKISIOS - THE WHITE PRINCE
We live in absolute love
keeps centuries
One Night and one Day.

 ELEONORA
Remember we are guests
in the Doge's Palace
for the dance of  masquerade.
ITHAKISIOS
If we are lost 
We will meet in  Palazzo Doukkale,
When the bell of St. Mark
Hit midnight.
ITHAKISIOS-ELEONORA
Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful
Ithakisios – Eleonora- Rodolfos and Isabella 
they  were Lost - seduced from Carnival
Luckily they had given an appointment for later.
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So Ithakisios had the chance to go to  waterfront
 of slaves, where waited Cardinal Bessarion,
Markos Mousouros-Theodore Palaeologus-brothers Manesi
governors-brave-Stratioti.
Trusted dockers from Arsenal loaded on ships
Weapons and ammunition for the enslaved homeland.
The Revolutionary Plan called
CODE OF BROTHERHOOD
had the approval of  Greek-Ellino Orthodox community.

The white fog had blanketed the waterfront -
the slave of Serenisima.
Venetians came here to buy slaves.
The Brotherhood with orders of Anna Paleologinas buy
Greek slaves and release them.
Stratioti-Greek mercenaries of  Serenissima Republic
pedestrians and horseback guarding the waterfront for any possibility
Were alone-Allies help informally.
Pope-the-West- Council of Ten waited to see what would happen
When loaded the last box  cried alll together
-The Revolution Began-

Prince Ithakisios left running  anticipates the dance 
At Palazzo Doukkala-fortunately she managed.
Ithakisios're late
Little still and we would leave said Beautiful Eleonora. 
The Night of  mad carnival- the Night of mythical lovers
It's magic - fabulous.
 Fog drifted lovers in  labyrinth of Venice
Only a Venetian can get us out of the complex channels
And the streets cried divine Eleanor.

 Montsenika Montseniko-her  daughter  Eleanor and the Others
Came out  from Casa Vecchia they entered in gondolas
 with destination Palatso Dukkale. 
What   lovely breeze- the Hymn of Venice said Eleanor
Breathing deeply. The Venetian Dream-magical palaces
Non Nobis Domin- Not in us Lord-.
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Singers of Venice  sang songs
Siniora-Venice had a big heart - as much  the sea.
The Warriors of Light believed that the Holy Sword of Venic Could change the world.

You were late said  doge Alvize Montseniko
While  Ithakisios and the others began to sing
Requiem posthumously in Venice.

A
The shapely port
Venice
Sleeps the ships
with Flisvos of wave
................ .......
Requiem Postmortem
a blue wave
from beautiful voices

Lord  Mercy
Lord 

my people
What it made

All together Venetians and Greeks applause hotly
When he finished  Requiem.

 Famous Ithakisios I want to talk to you said Eleanor
My soul was flooded by love- live an impossible dream
The most beautiful of my life.
I was thinking of you on the battlefields replied Ithakisios
That's why I remained live.
 How many times have I dreamed of this moment.
You're a goddess -a fairy tale-of Venice.
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THE FALL OF VENICE IN  FRENCHES 

The clouds of war spread over the legendary Venice.
What  friendly replied Viletar to duke ,Loudobikos Manin,
The word does not suit in the conquerors.
Venetians let's keep to themselves the word.
Divine chants heard from St. Markos
All together Venetians took place in last Divine Liturgy
Before passing her  threshold Napoleon Bonaparte.
O Cardinal of Venice was on the pulpit
Along with Loudobikos Manin the last doge of Siniora.
Democracy of Saint Markoswas seized from Napoleon
Said Manin to Venetians.

  To us it fell this  tragedy of  loss and destruction.
After thirteen hundred years to surrender to the Frenches.
The death of the lion of Venice
 is the end the democracy of Saint Markos. 
I thought my duty to save Venice,
The city had to live-survive the fall.
GONDOLIERIS
French troops were spread properly
Occupying the Signoria,
As the Goddess Nebo-Nebia silently conquers Venice.
Martial  of Frenches captured key positions
Near the islands encircling the archipelago.
Napoleon Bonaparte said in room
War Council of  generals.
I will be Attilas of Venice if not delivered by the Venetians.
I can not wait anymore.
Must surrender or differently I will  burn the city.
Since childhood I wanted to conquer-the most beautiful Mistress.

Be saved the treasures of Cyprus and Constantinople
Crete cried divene Ithakisios
Napoleon ordered to melt the gold, that is valuable
To continue the war.
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All together,Venetians prayed to Mary Nikopoios
To save the city from the French and the new tyrant of Europe.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Louis-Manin the last doge of Venice
Shed Black tears  to save Signoria.
Did not  like the  Serene Republic burned-burn
with no reason, did not want the fate of Constantinople.

The four bronze horses of Lysippus
Brought the crusaders from  Hippodrome of Constantinople
In 1204 already saw a new exile, went to France.

   
THAKISIOS-ELEONORA
Goodbye - Goodbye
A large Goodbye
This only suits

Non nobis Domine
Non nobis Domine

This is the Democracy of Big Time
This is story
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NIKOS  KOLESIS