1. Eleni Samiou in 1924. When Eleni and Nikos Kazantzakis met for the first time, she was 21 years old.

2. Jerónima de las Cuevas, companion of El Greco. “…We had good wives; yours was named Jeronima, mine Helen. What good fortune this was, grandfather! How many times did we not say to ourselves as we looked at them, 'Blessed the day we were born!' ” (“Report to Greco”, transl. P. Bien, p. 506)

3. Nikos Kazantzakis with Eleni Samiou in Moires, Crete, with a villager. August 16, 1924.

4. Eleni Samiou (later Eleni N. Kazantzakis) with Elsa Lange. 1928. “You can trust him. A flame burns him, and still, he does not lose his sense of life, not even for a minute. He is balanced, perfectly normal. And whatever happens, never regret having answered his call. I will watch over you, I will be by your side, in spirit, during your most difficult moments. He is naked like St Sebastian. Protect him from the arrows…”

5. Eleni.

6. Eleni.

7. Eleni N. Kazantzakis in a kimono, brought to her by Nikos Kazantzakis from Japan in 1935.

8. Nikos and Eleni, in their so-called “cocoon” [“koukouli” – in Greek: “κουκούλι“] in Antibes of South France. 1957. “ 'This is my cocoon,' he said, smiling. 'I shut myself in here like a larva. I am waiting for the day when I shall emerge as a butterfly.' ” (“Report to Greco”, transl. P. Bien, p. 301)

9. Eleni.

10. Libation. 1957

11. Eleni at her husband's grave at Tapia Martinego in Heraklion.

12. Eleni at her husband's grave, in Tapia Martinego in Heraklion, after the official opening of the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Varvaroi (Myrtia). On Eleni's right side, Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis, and to her far right, Kimon Friar. On her left, the Mayor of Heraklion, Manolis Karellis, and Patroclos Stavrou, Eleni's adopted son. June 1983.

13. From the official opening of the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Varvaroi. June 6, 1983.

14. Eleni N. Kazantzakis arriving in Varvaroi for the official opening of the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum. June 6, 1983.

15. Eleni N. Kazantzakis is speaking at the official opening of the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Varvaroi. June 6, 1983.

16. The Minister of Culture and Sciences Melina Merkouri cuts the ribbon at the official opening of the Kazantzakis Museum in Varvaroi. To her left, Eleni N. Kazantzakis, and behind Eleni, the Under Secretary to the President of Cyprus, Patroclos Stavrou and Eleni's adopted son. On the far right, the founder of the Musuem, Giorgos Anemoyiannis. On the left, the Deputy Minister of Transportation, Kostas Aslanis.

17. Eleni N. Kazantzakis in the memory-filled Nikos Kazantzakis Museum.

18. Eleni N. Kazantzakis with her adopted son, Patroclos Stavrou, on the balcony of her apartment in Geneva, Switzerland.

19. Eleni N. Kazantzakis on her goddaughter Niki's fourth birthday. November 7, 1976.

20. Eleni N. Kazantzakis receives the actress Rena Venieri (“Othello Returns”) at the Patroclos Stavrou family home in Voula.

21. The Kazantzakis Publications in Athens Greece, founded and established by Eleni N. Kazantzakis.

22. Eleni N. Kazantzakis holding her book Nikos Kazantzakis: A Biography Based on his Letters [title in Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης, Ο Ασυμβίβαστος]

23. University Drake in Iowa, U.S. granted an honorary doctorate to Eleni N. Kazantzakis on May 18, 1974.

24. Eleni N. Kazantzakis with her adopted son at their family house in Voula. May 9, 1993.

25. Eleni N. Kazantzakis with her twenty year old goddaughter, Niki, at their family home in Voula. 1992.

26. Eleni N. Kazantzakis is visited by the Japanese Ambassador in Geneva Tomohiko Kobayashi in Voula. 1992.

27. During a visit by the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Greece, in the Stavrou family house in Voula. 1993.

28. Sir Colin Davis, renowned conductor and close friend of Eleni N. Kazantzakis is visiting her in Voula. With them, Eleni's adopted son, Patroclos Stavrou.

29. Unveiling Ceremony of the bust of Nikos Kazantzakis, at the garden of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Akadimias Street. 1.4.1998.

30. The Mayor of Athens, Dimitris Avramopoulos, unveiling the bust of Nikos Kazantzakis in the garden of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Akadimias Street. 1.4.1998.

31. The Mayor of Athens, Dimitris Avramopoulos, unveiling the bust of Nikos Kazantzakis in the garden of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Akadimias Street. 1.4.1998.

32. Eleni N. Kazantzakis at the bust of Nikos Kazantzakis in the garden of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Akadimias Street. 2.4.1998.

33. Eleni N. Kazantzakis at the bust of Nikos Kazantzakis in the garden of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Akadimias Street. 2.4.1998.

34. The body of Eleni N. Kazantzakis was flown from Athens to Heraklion just like forty seven years before, her Nikos's body was transported to his paternal soil. 21.2.2004

35. The body of Eleni N. Kazantzakis was flown from Athens to Heraklion. 21.2.2004

36. The funereal service for Eleni N. Kazantzakis in the St Minas Cathedral in Heraklion. 21.2.2004.

37. The funereal service for Eleni N. Kazantzakis in the St Minas Cathedral in Heraklion. 21.2.2004. (Photograph by Menelaos Markodimitrakis, Gallery: menos.dpgr.gr)

38. The funereal service for Eleni N. Kazantzakis in the St Minas Cathedral in Heraklion. 21.2.2004.

39. The adopted son of Eleni N. Kazantzakis, Patroclos Stavrou, answers journalists' questions following the funereal service for his mother in the St Minas Cathedral in Heraklion. 21.2.2004.

40. The stairs leading to Tapia Martinengo Bastion, where Nikos Kazantzakis is buried, and where another open grave near him awaits Eleni. 21.2.2004. (Photograph by Menelaos Markodimitrakis, Gallery: menos.dpgr.gr)

41. Eleni N. Kazantzakis in her coffin, being carried to Tapia Martinengo Bastion, where Nikos Kazantzakis is buried. 21.2.2004.

42. Eleni N. Kazantzakis in her coffin, being carried to Tapia Martinengo Bastion. The procession is passing in front of Nikos's grave. 21.2.2004.

43. At the edge of the Eleni's grave, Patroclos Stavrou, her son, bids his mother farewell. 21.2.2004. (Photograph by Menelaos Markodimitrakis, Gallery: menos.dpgr.gr)

44. At the edge of the Eleni's grave, Patroclos Stavrou, her son, bids his mother farewell. 21.2.2004. (Photograph by Menelaos Markodimitrakis, Gallery: menos.dpgr.gr)

45. This open grave will host the wife and life companion of Nikos Kazantzakis. “Eleni, upright wing batting in the air”. 21.2.2004. (Photograph by Menelaos Markodimitrakis, Gallery: menos.dpgr.gr)

46. Niki P. Stavrou with a single red rose fulfilling a promise to Eleni. 21.2.2004.

47. Eleni N. Kazantzakis's grave at Tapia Martinengo Bastion near the grave of Nikos Kazantzakis. The correct year of her birth is 1903. She died 101 years old on February 18, 2004, on the day of her Nikos's birthday. (Photograph by Menelaos Markodimitrakis, Gallery: menos.dpgr.gr)