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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Achilleas Gerokostopoulos, Afroditi Laoutari, Andreas Loverdos, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Angelos Roufos, Antonios Antonopoulos, Apostolos Santas, Arethas of Caesarea, Arghiri Emmanuel, Aristomenis Kontogouris, Aris Spiliotopoulos, Athanasios Kanakaris, Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos, Benizelos Rouphos, Betty Moschona, Christos Laskaris, Danielis, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos-Boukaouris, Dimitrios Gounaris, Dimitrios Maximos, Dimitrios Patrinos, Dimitrios Tofalos, Dimitrios Votsis, Dionysis Simopoulos, Eleni Oikonomopoulou, Epameinondas Thomopoulos, George P. Chrousos, Georgios Roufos, Gerasimos Skiadaresis, Gerasimos Vokos, Ioannis Diakidis, Ioannis Roufos, Ioannis Zaimis, Jean Goldkette, Konstantinos Skourletis, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Kostas Katsouranis, Kostis Palamas, Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Maria Laina, Markos Sklivaniotis, Matilde Serao, Nicholas Kounis, Nikos Barlos, Nikos E. Politis, P. Roupakiotis, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Panagiotis Karatzas, Panagiotis Skagiopoulos, Panos Prevedouros, Periklis Iakovakis, Rena Dor, Rodis Kanakaris-Roufos, Sokratis Skartsis, Sophia Vossou, Spiros Focas, Spiros Livathinos, Spyridonas Chrysanthakidis, Spyridon Vassiliadis, Stefanos Thomopoulos, Stephanos Christopoulos, Stylianos Gonatas, Tasso Kavadia, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Theagenes of Patras, Timoleon Ambelas, Vasileios Christopoulos, Vassilis Makris. Excerpt: Sokratis Skartsis (Greek: , born 1936) is a Greek poet and writer, as well as a professor in the University of Patras. He is also a founding member of the University of Patras Poetry Symposium. He has published 150 books, including poetry, literature studies, etc. Konstantinos "Kostas" Katsouranis (Greek: ) (born 21 June 1979) is a Greek footballer who plays for PAOK F.C. and the Greek national team as a defensive midfielder. He has been described as "a reasonable goal threat despite being notionally a defensive midfielder." He was not even 17 years old when he debuted in the 1996-97 season for the Patras-based club Panachaiki. He spent six seasons there and, by the third, was a regular starter. When his contract with Panachaiki expired, Katsouranis decided that it was time to move forward to a bigger club. He opened negotiations with Panathinaikos, but the coach, Fernando Santos, decided to sign Portuguese Carlos Chainho, a player he knew when at FC Porto, which meant Katsouranis' transfer would not be finalized. Olympiacos then approached the Greek. The talks with the vice-president of the club, Giorgos Louvaris, seemed final, but Louvaris asked Katsouranis to wait until the president, Sokratis Kokkalis, returned from a business trip to the United States for the final negotiations. But former AEK Athens president Chrysostomos Psomiadis took advantage of the situation and convinced the promising midfielder to sign a three-year contract with AEK Athens. Coming off the bench and making an impressive debut for the club, Katsouranis immediately became an integral part of the club. His continuing progress in the top-level rapidly made him the team's best player and a first team regular with great performances, both domestically and in European competition. The 2004-05 season would prove to be one Katsouranis' finest seasons with the club, as he scored 10 times in 28 appearances from the defensive midfielder spot, leading the club in a hard battle for the title. AEK man
