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This is the website of the kazantzakis publications, the publishing house which publishes and distributes exclusively the works of nikos kazantzakis and his wife eleni n. The hero created by nikos kazantzakis in the odyssey is also encountered in his tragedy named odysseus, a work inspired by the closing books of the homeric epic and influenced by hauptmanns work the bow of odysseus. Zorba the greek vios kai politeia tou alexe zormpa. Then flesh dissolved glances congealed the hearts pulse stopped and the great mind leapt to the peak of its holy freedom fluttered with empty.
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