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-'''Penelope Delta''' (&#928;&#951;&#957;&#949;&#955;&#972;&#960;&#951; &#916;&#941;&#955;&#964;&#945;) ([[1874]]&ndash;[[27 April]], [[1941]]) was a [[Greece|Greek]] author of books for older children.
+'''Penelope Delta''' (&#928;&#951;&#957;&#949;&#955;&#972;&#960;&#951; &#916;&#941;&#955;&#964;&#945;) ([[1874]]&ndash;[[May 2]], [[1941]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] author of books for older children.
 Delta was born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, to the wealthy cotton merchant [[Emmanuel Benakis]] and Virginia Horemis.  She had two older siblings, Alexandra and [[Antonis Benakis|Anthony]] (whose Tom Sawyer-like mischiefs she immortalized in her book ''Trellantonis''), and three younger ones, Constantine, who died at the age of two, Alexander, and Argine.
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 She would famously forbid her grandchildren from visiting her during the day, when she was writing, but would then spend the entire evening with them, reading to them what she had written that day, in lieu of bedtime stories.
-During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip.  She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life.  She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]].  At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in [[Kifissia]].  [[Chrysanthus]], by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated  at the funeral.
+During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip.  She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life.  She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]]. She died five days later. At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in [[Kifissia]]. [[Chrysanthus]], by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated  at the funeral.

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 Delta was born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, to the wealthy cotton merchant [[Emmanuel Benakis]] and Virginia Horemis.  She had two older siblings, Alexandra and [[Antonis Benakis|Anthony]] (whose Tom Sawyer-like mischiefs she immortalized in her book ''Trellantonis''), and three younger ones, Constantine, who died at the age of two, Alexander, and Argine.
-The Benakis family temporarily moved to [[Athens]] in [[1882]], where she later married a wealthy [[Phanariote]] entrepreneur, Stephanos Deltas, with whom she had three daughters, Sophia Mavrogordatos, Virginia Zannas, and Alexandra Papadopoulos.  They returned to Alexandria in [[1905]], where she met the true love of her life, [[Ion Dragoumis]], then the Vice-Consul of Greece in Alexandria.  Out of respect for Deltas and her children, Delta and Dragoumis decided to separate, but continued to correspond passionately until [[1912]], when Dragoumis started a relationship with the famous stage actress [[Marika Kotopouli]].  In the meantime Penelope had twice attempted suicide.
+The Benakis family temporarily moved to [[Athens]] in [[1882]], where she later married a wealthy [[Phanariote]] entrepreneur, [[Stephanos Delta]], with whom she had three daughters, Sophia Mavrogordatos, Virginia Zannas, and Alexandra Papadopoulos.  They returned to Alexandria in [[1905]], where she met the true love of her life, [[Ion Dragoumis]], then the Vice-Consul of Greece in Alexandria.  Out of respect for Deltas and her children, Delta and Dragoumis decided to separate, but continued to correspond passionately until [[1912]], when Dragoumis started a relationship with the famous stage actress [[Marika Kotopouli]].  In the meantime Penelope had twice attempted suicide.
 Delta moved to Frankfurt, German Empire in [[1906]], when her husband went to run the offices of the Horemis-Benakis cotton business there, and her first novel ''Gia tin Patrida'' (''For Sake of the Fatherland'') was published in [[1909]].  The novel is set in [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times, and Delta started corresponding with the historian Gustave Schlumberger, a renowned specialist on the Byzantine Empire.  Their continued interaction provided the material for her second novel, ''Ton Kairo tou Voulgaroktonou'' (''In the Years of the Bulgar-Slayer''), set during the reign of the Emperor [[Basil II]].  The [[Goudi Rebellion]] in [[1909]] inspired her third novel, ''Paramythi Horis Onoma'' (''A Tale with No Name''), published in [[1911]].

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 Delta moved to Frankfurt, German Empire in [[1906]], when her husband went to run the offices of the Horemis-Benakis cotton business there, and her first novel ''Gia tin Patrida'' (''For Sake of the Fatherland'') was published in [[1909]].  The novel is set in [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times, and Delta started corresponding with the historian Gustave Schlumberger, a renowned specialist on the Byzantine Empire.  Their continued interaction provided the material for her second novel, ''Ton Kairo tou Voulgaroktonou'' (''In the Years of the Bulgar-Slayer''), set during the reign of the Emperor [[Basil II]].  The [[Goudi Rebellion]] in [[1909]] inspired her third novel, ''Paramythi Horis Onoma'' (''A Tale with No Name''), published in [[1911]].
-In [[1913]] the Deltas returned to Alexandria yet again, and then in [[1916]] they settled permanently in Athens, where her father, [[Emmanuel Benakis]], had been elected Mayor.  While there, they became close friends with [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], whom they entertained regularly at their opulent mansion in the northern suburb of [[Kifisia]].  Penelope's father had been a political associate of Venizelos since his move to Athens in [[1910]], and had served as Finance Minister in the first Venizelos administration.
+In [[1913]] the Deltas returned to Alexandria yet again, and then in [[1916]] they settled permanently in Athens, where her father, [[Emmanuel Benakis]], had been elected Mayor.  While there, they became close friends with [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], whom they entertained regularly at their opulent mansion in the northern suburb of [[Kifissia]].  Penelope's father had been a political associate of Venizelos since his move to Athens in [[1910]], and had served as Finance Minister in the first Venizelos administration.
-Her long correspondence with [[Chrysanthus|Bishop Chrysanthos]], Metropolitan of Trebizond, provided the material for her [[1925]] book, ''The Life of Christ''.  In [[1925]], she was diagnosed with polio.  In [[1927]], she started writing the trilogy ''Romiopoules'' (''Young Greek Girls''), a thinly-veiled autobiography, which she did not finish until [[1939]].  Set in Athens, the first part, ''To Xypnima'' (''The Awakening'') covers the events from [[1895]] to [[1907]], the second part ''H Lavra'' (''The Heat'') covers 1907 to [[1909]], and the final part, ''To Souroupo'' (''The Twilight''), covers [[1914]] to [[1920]]. The political events of this tumultuous era are given first-hand treatment in this book, as she experienced them in the most personal level: her father was almost executed for treason by the Royalist Party, whereas Ion Dragoumis was actually assassinated by the Venizelos factions in [[1920]].  Delta wore nothing but black since then.
+Her long correspondence with [[Chrysanthus|Bishop Chrysanthos]], Metropolitan of Trebizond, provided the material for her [[1925]] book, ''The Life of Christ''.  In [[1925]], she was diagnosed with polio.  In [[1927]], she started writing the trilogy ''Romiopoules'' (''Young Greek Girls''), a thinly-veiled autobiography, which she did not finish until [[1939]].  Set in Athens, the first part, ''To Xypnima'' (''The Awakening'') covers the events from [[1895]] to [[1907]], the second part ''I Lavra'' (''The Heat'') covers 1907 to [[1909]], and the final part, ''To Souroupo'' (''The Twilight''), covers [[1914]] to [[1920]]. The political events of this tumultuous era are given first-hand treatment in this book, as she experienced them in the most personal level: her father was almost executed for treason by the Royalist Party, whereas Ion Dragoumis was actually assassinated by the Venizelos factions in [[1920]].  Delta wore nothing but black since then.
-In the meantime she published her three major novels: ''Trellantonis'' (''Crazy Anthony''; [[1932]]), which detailed her mischievous elder brother's [[Antonis Benakis]] childhood adventures in late [[19th century]] Alexandria, ''Mangas'' ([[1935]]), which was about the not dissimilar adventures of the family's [[mongrel]] dog, and ''Ta Mystika tou Valtou'' (''The Secrets of the Swamp''; [[1937]]), which was set around [[Giannitsa Lake]] in the early [[20th century]], when the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia|Greek struggle]] for the liberation of [[Macedonia]] was unfolding.
+In the meantime she published her three major novels: ''Trellantonis'' (''Crazy Anthony''; [[1932]]), which detailed her mischievous elder brother's [[Antonis Benakis]] childhood adventures in late [[19th century]] Alexandria, ''Mangas'' ([[1935]]), which was about the not dissimilar adventures of the family's mongrel dog, and ''Ta Mystika tou Valtou'' (''The Secrets of the Swamp''; [[1937]]), which was set around [[Giannitsa Lake]] in the early [[20th century]], when the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia|Greek struggle]] for the liberation of [[Macedonia]] was unfolding.
 She would famously forbid her grandchildren from visiting her during the day, when she was writing, but would then spend the entire evening with them, reading to them what she had written that day, in lieu of bedtime stories.
-During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip.  She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life.  She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]].  At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in [[Kifisia]].  [[Chrysanthus]], by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated  at the funeral.
+During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip.  She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life.  She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]].  At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in [[Kifissia]].  [[Chrysanthus]], by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated  at the funeral.

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 '''Penelope Delta''' (&#928;&#951;&#957;&#949;&#955;&#972;&#960;&#951; &#916;&#941;&#955;&#964;&#945;) ([[1874]]&ndash;[[27 April]], [[1941]]) was a [[Greece|Greek]] author of books for older children.
-Delta was born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, to the wealthy cotton merchant [[Emmanuel Benakis]] and Virginia Horemis.  She had two older siblings, Alexandra and Anthony (whose Tom Sawyer-like mischiefs she immortalized in her book ''Trellantonis''), and three younger ones, Constantine, who died at the age of two, Alexander, and Argine.
+Delta was born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, to the wealthy cotton merchant [[Emmanuel Benakis]] and Virginia Horemis.  She had two older siblings, Alexandra and [[Antonis Benakis|Anthony]] (whose Tom Sawyer-like mischiefs she immortalized in her book ''Trellantonis''), and three younger ones, Constantine, who died at the age of two, Alexander, and Argine.
 The Benakis family temporarily moved to [[Athens]] in [[1882]], where she later married a wealthy [[Phanariote]] entrepreneur, Stephanos Deltas, with whom she had three daughters, Sophia Mavrogordatos, Virginia Zannas, and Alexandra Papadopoulos.  They returned to Alexandria in [[1905]], where she met the true love of her life, [[Ion Dragoumis]], then the Vice-Consul of Greece in Alexandria.  Out of respect for Deltas and her children, Delta and Dragoumis decided to separate, but continued to correspond passionately until [[1912]], when Dragoumis started a relationship with the famous stage actress [[Marika Kotopouli]].  In the meantime Penelope had twice attempted suicide.
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 In [[1913]] the Deltas returned to Alexandria yet again, and then in [[1916]] they settled permanently in Athens, where her father, [[Emmanuel Benakis]], had been elected Mayor.  While there, they became close friends with [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], whom they entertained regularly at their opulent mansion in the northern suburb of [[Kifisia]].  Penelope's father had been a political associate of Venizelos since his move to Athens in [[1910]], and had served as Finance Minister in the first Venizelos administration.
-Her long correspondence with Bishop Chrysanthos, Metropolitan of Trebizond, provided the material for her [[1925]] book, ''The Life of Christ''.  In [[1925]], she was diagnosed with polio.  In [[1927]], she started writing the trilogy ''Romiopoules'' (''Young Greek Girls''), a thinly-veiled autobiography, which she did not finish until [[1939]].  Set in Athens, the first part, ''To Xypnima'' (''The Awakening'') covers the events from [[1895]] to [[1907]], the second part ''H Lavra'' (''The Heat'') covers 1907 to [[1909]], and the final part, ''To Souroupo'' (''The Twilight''), covers [[1914]] to [[1920]]. The political events of this tumultuous era are given first-hand treatment in this book, as she experienced them in the most personal level: her father was almost executed for treason by the Royalist Party, whereas Ion Dragoumis was actually assassinated by the Venizelos factions in [[1920]].  Delta wore nothing but black since then.
+Her long correspondence with [[Chrysanthus|Bishop Chrysanthos]], Metropolitan of Trebizond, provided the material for her [[1925]] book, ''The Life of Christ''.  In [[1925]], she was diagnosed with polio.  In [[1927]], she started writing the trilogy ''Romiopoules'' (''Young Greek Girls''), a thinly-veiled autobiography, which she did not finish until [[1939]].  Set in Athens, the first part, ''To Xypnima'' (''The Awakening'') covers the events from [[1895]] to [[1907]], the second part ''H Lavra'' (''The Heat'') covers 1907 to [[1909]], and the final part, ''To Souroupo'' (''The Twilight''), covers [[1914]] to [[1920]]. The political events of this tumultuous era are given first-hand treatment in this book, as she experienced them in the most personal level: her father was almost executed for treason by the Royalist Party, whereas Ion Dragoumis was actually assassinated by the Venizelos factions in [[1920]].  Delta wore nothing but black since then.
 In the meantime she published her three major novels: ''Trellantonis'' (''Crazy Anthony''; [[1932]]), which detailed her mischievous elder brother's [[Antonis Benakis]] childhood adventures in late [[19th century]] Alexandria, ''Mangas'' ([[1935]]), which was about the not dissimilar adventures of the family's [[mongrel]] dog, and ''Ta Mystika tou Valtou'' (''The Secrets of the Swamp''; [[1937]]), which was set around [[Giannitsa Lake]] in the early [[20th century]], when the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia|Greek struggle]] for the liberation of [[Macedonia]] was unfolding.
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 She would famously forbid her grandchildren from visiting her during the day, when she was writing, but would then spend the entire evening with them, reading to them what she had written that day, in lieu of bedtime stories.
-During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip.  She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life.  She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]].  At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in Kifisia.  Chrysanthos, by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated  at the funeral.
+During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip.  She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life.  She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]].  At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in [[Kifisia]].  [[Chrysanthus]], by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated  at the funeral.

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−	During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip. She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life. She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]]. At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in Kifisia. Chrysanthos, by then Archbishop of Athens, officiated at the funeral.	+	During the last year of her life, and as her paralysis was advancing, she received the diaries and archives of her lost love, Ion Dragoumis, entrusted to her by his brother Philip. She managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comment on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life. She is rumoured to have ingested poison on the very day the Wehrmacht troops entered Athens on [[April 27]], [[1941]]. At her request she was interred in the garden of the stately Delta mansion in Kifisia. Chrysanthos, by then [[Archbishop of Athens]], officiated at the funeral.