This book a memorial to the heroes and heroines of Paros and Antíparos: to their unassailable
philótimo, courage, endurance, ingenuity and unswerving loyalty to their country, which have raised
them to the elite ranks of the world’s heroes. As for their unsung leader, the Cretan Háris
Grammatikákis, let his protégé Captain Emmanuíl Patéli, son of the martyred Vassílios, speak: ‘He
was born to show us how we might become great men.’