books
in 2026 eleni koutsoudi-iola published ‘‘Οι ερινύες του χθες’’
A spring excursion. A car veers off course and overturns. A five-year-old girl survives. From that day on, Elpida grows up burdened by a question she is never allowed to answer: why was she the one who lived? The past is erased from her memory, but not from her body. Nightmares return, guilt takes root, and abandonment becomes a constant fear. Within an environment shaped by silence, deception, and emotional confusion, her childhood soul struggles to endure.
Years later, through psychotherapy, she begins to unravel the tangled threads of her past. She searches for the lost fragments of memory, reexamines long-held certainties, and dismantles the guilt that was never truly hers to bear.
The Furies of Yesterday is a deeply human narrative about complex trauma, the resilience of survival, and the difficult yet redemptive journey toward self-knowledge. A book for all those who carry silent stories within them and seek the courage to finally confront them.
in 2021 eleni koutsoudi-iola published Alexander Iolas biography
My Uncle,
ALEXANDER IOLAS
the Man Behind the Myth
The acclaimed biography of Alexander Iolas is now available in English on Amazon.
"This time Alexander the Great started from the Nile. His strength was his work, his kingdom was his spirit, his beauty was his art. Alexander Iolas was a multifaceted personality that could not be boxed in. He possessed exceptional astuteness that always led him successfully to the next stage. Until 1976, he faithfully followed the command ‘Ever Increase,’ given to him by his spiritual father, Angelos Sikelianos. In the final phase, however, his compass lost true North. He decided to abandon Calypso, refusing the gift of immortality she offered, and chose to return to Ithaca, which gave him nothing but a 'false and deceitful destination.' Thus, the prodigal son, the rebel, returned to Greece, a country that would become for him the place of his self-fulfilling prophecy. Words and testimonies without documentation often adorn various publications even today, while unfounded claims are reproduced uncontrollably and with great ease, perpetuating ridiculous fantasies indefinitely. Having let an unfulfilled promise linger, Eleni Koutsoudi-Iola, niece of Alexander Iolas, recounts the well-documented story of his life, debunking myths and presenting the Man behind the Myth."
For more information on the book please visit www.iolasbiography.gr
buy the book online: (in greek)
“My Uncle, ALEXANDER IOLAS the Man Behind the Myth” Book” Trailer
“My Uncle, ALEXANDER IOLAS the Man Behind the Myth” Book Presentation Highlights
“My Uncle, ALEXANDER IOLAS the Man Behind the Myth” Full Presentation
articles /interviews (in greek)
Συνέντευξη στο ραδιόφωνο της ΕΡΤ Βόλου
Συνέντευξη Ραδιόφωνο ΣΚΑΙ –Κατερίνα Δράκου 9/11/21
Συνέντευξη ΕΡΤ Κομοτηνής
Συνέντευξη στο ραδιόφωνο της ΕΡΤ Φλώρινας
appearances
In 2017 Eleni Koutsoudi-Iola appeared in the feature length documentary
“Villa Iolas, A Journey through Time and Space”
VILLA IOLAS, A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME AND SPACE FULL DOCUMENTARY
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