Prometheus in Athens

NAME : CHRISTOS VASSILIADIS

AGE : 72

PLACE OF RESIDENCE : KALLITHEA

BIRTHPLACE : ATHENS

ORIGIN : ANTALYA, TURKEY AND KAPADOKIA, TURKEY

 
ON THE NIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCE HE WILL TAKE THE BUS THAT'S GOING TO START FROM THE K.A.P.E. KALLITHEA (SENIORS DAY CARE CENTER) AND DRIVE ON THE ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS AVENUE, LAGOUMTZI, FRANTZI, ZINNI, ZACHARITSA AND ERECHTEIOU STREETS TO COME TO HERODEION.

 
Christos started working from a very young age to support his widowed mother and his siblings: "I worked as a tailor, a shoe shiner, a greengrocer; I used to sell peanuts in the night clubs where Stelios Kazantzidis and Vasilis Tsitsanis sang. Sometimes, I was getting paid in kind, e.g. i was given bread or I took home the leftovers".
At the age of 16 he got involved in the construction business: "stones, iron, moulding, tiles, frames. 4 years later I knew everything that was needed to build a house, and without realizing it I became my own boss".
Today, he is the president of the 3rd K.A.P.E. of Kallithea and because he always likes to help people, they call him "dad" and "Papa Smurf" : "I wish I could do and contribute more to society, but I don't get a similar response from the people. Most of them are not willing to contribute the same as everybody else".
 
Christos doesn't read ancient drama: "It's easier for me to build a house then to read a book". From the Prometheus text he identifies with the main character : "He did something good and he supports his choice".