The Dead

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George N. Pavlakis

Abstract

George N. Pavlakis, MD, PhD, has published (in Greek) a collection of poems as well as memoirs from the years of students’ resistance against the Greek military dictatorship (1967-1974). The poem “The Dead” is part of the published collection (Fairy Tales of the Past) and suggests Odyssey’s Nekyia, by Homer, where Odysseus goes to the underworld to meet Prophet Teiresias. Following instructions, Odysseus sacrifices an animal and is surrounded by many blood-thirsty ghosts, including his mother’s. 


English translation by the author.


For the Greek Version, see George Pavlakis, “Fairy Tales of the Past” (Γιώργος Παυλάκης, “Περασμενα Παραμυθια”), Kastaniotis Publications S.A., Athens 2023. www.kastaniotis.com

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Poetry
Author Biography

George N. Pavlakis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute

George N. Pavlakis, MD, PhD, studied regulation and optimization of gene expression and developed methods applied widely in biotechnology; the molecular biology and virology of HIV and other viruses; vaccine methods focusing on nucleic acid technologies; and cancer immunotherapy focusing on the role of cytokines, resulting in the clinical development of IL-15 cytokine.