Prometheus in Athens

NAME : KONSTANTINA KOUNEVA

AGE : 46

PLACE OF RESIDENCE : CENTRE ATHENS

BIRTHPLACE : SILISTRA, BULGARIA

ORIGIN : TSAR ASEN, BULGARIA

ON THE NIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCE SHE CAN’T COME TO THE HERODEION DUE TO HEALTH REASONS.

“My parents grew up in a small village in Bulgaria and were neighbors. The yards of the houses were connected and it wasn’t necessary to go on the street to go somewhere: you just crossed your neighbors yard. That shows how much people felt close to each other.  ”

Everybody knew how to do things with his hands, e.g. I learned how to build a house. There was no money and why should you assign someone else to do something, when you can do it yourself?
In my dreams I remain a 9 year old girl: it’s like I never grew up.
Although I was raised to become an actress, at the age of 23 I went to Veliko Tarnovo to study ethnography. At the same time, I worked at different paper and furniture factories.

In 2001 I came with my son to Athens. My mother, who was already here, found me a job as a cleaner for Η.S.Α.P. (Athens Piraeus Electric Railways).

I soon got involved with the union, defending our workers’ rights.
On 22nd December 2008 two strangers attacked her, throwing vitriolic acid on her face.

“From the Aeschylus text I identify with Prometheus, because he loved humans and like a teacher he tried to help them by giving them knowledge”.

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