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This article is about a Greek philologist, who spread with great enthusiasm all around the world the ancient Greek spirit. Pericles Kessaris (Greek: Περικλής Καίσαρης).

Life Pericles Kessaris was born in Acovos of Arcadia of Greece in September 16th 1929 and died in Athens in June 10th 2006. After finishing the high school of Meligalas of Messinia, he took the exams to enter in the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He passed in the School of Philosophy were he spent four years of Studying and after his graduation he took a scholarship to continue his specialization upon Eastern Civilizations (University of New Delhi, India, 1964). During that time, he literally walked that country to feel the soul of the Indian. A year later, after his return to Greece, he wrote a book named "India". The next ten years of his life were spent by him, teaching History of Art at the School of Fine Arts of Panormos, in Tenos Aegean island, the place were the famous sculptor Yannoulis Chalepas was born. In 1975 he became a Headmaster for many high schools around the country of Greece, dedicating himself to the enlightenment of his pupils. He was admiring Kazantzakis and for this he was travelling around the world and kept writing about different cultures and civilizations. He managed to personally meet Kimon Friar and the grandson of Rabindranath Tagore and exchange fresh thoughts and ideas with them. He got married to Elizabeth and had two children, Panos and Christos. He was honored with the prize of "Parnassos" for his book "Simple, small stories" Other writings of his: "The Mount Athos", "Philopoemen, the last Greek", "The language of Arts", "Folk songs of the East - India-China-Japan", "The 3rd Ulysses", "Worldwide Folk Songs", "School Psychology", "Iliad and Mahabharata", " Ireland", "Mexico", "American Poets of the 20th century".