46532 - If Melas

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athina Kehagias

If Melas
is named
Paul
is due
of his uncle
who
at the age of 19
abandoned
his studies
in Italy
in order to fight
next to Mpotsaris
for the National Struggle
and he died
heroically
at Mesolongi
therefore
he had
within him
a symbolic
element
of the heroism
of Hellenism.