Oral History / Dokana

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Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio

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submitted by Gaye Hegeman on 24.10.2009

Matina (Stamatina) Aroney - formerly Glitsos

A visit with Matina at her home in April 2009 encompassed all that is traditional about Greek hospitality, beginning with greetings and pleasantries followed by offers of coffee and Greek shortbread. At the conclusion of the visit there was a tour of her garden, which nowadays consists of a collection of carefully tended exotic plants in pots tailor-made to Matina’s decreased mobility. Beneath her front steps in a sunny position facing north grows a magnificent basil bush as tall as a man, brimming ...