Pericles’ Death

A trivial argument is the excuse for a hilarious fight between a man and his future father-in-law. Ioannis Arvanitopoulos is going to marry his daughter to Christos when a typical modern Greek fight over nothing ruins everything. Has the death of ancient Pericles benefited or harmed the Athenian democracy? Son-in-law and father-in-law start a never-ending quarrel, without actually being interested in the subject but only aiming at imposing their opinion.

We chose to participate in the festival with an ethography, based on the belief that the past must guide the present and the future, especially during the absurd times we live in. The theatre plays of the past, apart from their aesthetic value, have also a great historical one, as they eloquently depict aspects and forms of the life of our people and our country. More particularly, “Pericles’ Death” criticizes a typical aspect of the Greek character: quarreling for no good reason; it is this stubbornness and fanaticism on insignificant issues that has been characterizing our people to date.*

* Source: G. Sideris