Modern Portraits

Sofia Katsouli marries Panagiotis Samios or Perlegos at the age of fourteen. The nickname Perlegos (village Perlegianika) passed on to their children and grandchildren.

Sophie Poulos (Tzortzopoulos) was born in Gladstone, QLD, Australia to a Kytherian father and an Australian mother. In 1978 her father Nikolas Tzortzopoulos took his family to live on Kythera. They lived in the scholi (t...

Prof Manuel J Aroney standing in the ruins of the Byzantine city of Ayios Dimitrios at Paliohora in 1966 Family name: Aroney Village of origin: Aroniadika Photo taken: Paliohora, 1966

Brothers Jim and Theodore Aroney outside the Aronis-Beys kamara on the beach at Diakofti in 1966 Family name: Aroney Village of origin: Aroniadika Photo taken: Diakofti, 1966

Prof Manuel J Aroney (right) with his wife Ann Aroney (left), their sons Jim (front left) (aged four) and Theodore (aged two) (front right), and Manuel's uncle Peter Aronis (his father’s brother) (centre), taken in Athen...

There is a story to this pic, but first let's see if anyone can identify this man.

Papa Andonis 1967.

George Sofios tou Theodorou,just over 4 years old

Anitsa lived across the road from us when I stayed at our family home in Mitata, and was invariably watering her wonderful garden when I passed. Generous to a fault, her smiling face made every cloud disappear.

Ioannis Prineas (Rivithi). A picture of a lovely man, who left behind a wonderful family which do him credit.

Ireni (pictured here) and her sister Maria were wonderful women. They were tender with their animals, who loved them back; they could cook an artichoke stew over a wood fire which would have put the best chefs in Europe...

Panayoti Maneas is not only one of the nicest and friendliest shop-keepers on the island, his general store is also one of the most facinating shops to be found. Pins, towels, lamps, buckets, rope, pots, cheese drains et...

World-famous herbalist Juliette de Bairacli Levy lived for many years on Kythera at Paliopoli - here she is walking down to her favourite beach for a morning swim. One of her remedies is featured in the "Home Remedies" s...

Panayiotis in front of his shop in Potamos - an old smile regular visitors to Kythera now miss.

Back in the 1980s, George Kastrisios - better known as Tarzan - was perhaps the most charasmatic taxi driver the island had and will perhaps ever have. There is a story about him in the "stories" section of this website.

To wonderful women - Ireni Samios (Dozi) and Erofili Kastrisios (tou Tarzan) in Mitata in the late 1980s.

Who cannot think of Potamos without thinking of Strati's store?

Georgos was one of the most lovable people in Mitata. When I arrived on Kythera in 1985 he was still driving a taxi - an old Bulgarian car I think - and could be quite sly with his tarifs if one wasn't careful. We had a...