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"And your country , when you hold it dear in your heart, is everywhere.
Your constellation, from that height, does not see Mt.Taygetos.
It sees Earth."
Nikiforos Vrettakos
Nikiforos Vrettakos, Poet, Academician, was born in our town (Krokees) on January 1st 1912.
His mother Eugenia, was brought here from "Plumitsa", a near by farming location, to her sister's (Arhondo) home in order to give birth to her first child.
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Nikiforos grew up in Krokees where he attended grammar school while living his uncle Nikos (his mother's brother) Panteleakis' home who had no children of his own. With the help of his uncle and other relatives Nikiforos continued his education by attending high school in the nearby city of Gythio.
Nikiforos' father had been dealing with economic difficultie