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'''Mimaros''' was the nickname of '''[[Dimitrios Sardounis]]''' ([[1865]] - [[1912]]) an early artist of the

Sardounis was born in [[Patra]] in [[1865]], the illegitimate son of a woman from a well-to-do family. He lived in [[Messolonghi]] until [[1876]] when his step-father died and then returned to Patra.

Sardounis studied Byzantine music and became the head cantor at the church of St. Andrew. He was the first to convert [[Karagiozis]] into a family-oriented popular theatre (ca. [[1890]]). For this he is considered the first teacher of the shadow theatre in Greece.

He died in [[1912]]. After him, his pupils Theodoros Theodorellos, Yiannis Roulias and Memos Christodoulou continued their mentor's work and spread Karagiozis throughout Greece.

[[Category:1865 births|Sardounis, Dimitrios]]
[[Category:1912 deaths|Sardounis, Dimitrios]]

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 Sardounis studied Byzantine music and became the head cantor at the church of St. Andrew. He was the first to convert [[Karagiozis]] into a family-oriented popular theatre (ca. [[1890]]). For this he is considered the first teacher of the shadow theatre in Greece.
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+Among Sardounis' innovations were:
 *The extension of the screen from 2 to 4 metres
 *Turning Karagiozis into a hunchback with a long arm

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	Sardounis was born in [[Patra]] in [[1865]], the illegitimate son of a woman from a well-to-do family. He lived in [[Messolonghi]] until [[1876]] when his step-father died and then returned to Patra.		Sardounis was born in [[Patra]] in [[1865]], the illegitimate son of a woman from a well-to-do family. He lived in [[Messolonghi]] until [[1876]] when his step-father died and then returned to Patra.

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