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Ο Ιούδας είχε απόλυτη πεποίθηση ότι θα έβρισκαν το σταυρό κοντά στη σπηλιά όπου είχε τοποθετηθεί το σώμα του Ιησού, στηριζόμενος στο έθιμο να θάβουν τους νεκρούς μαζί με τα όπλα θανάτωσής τους. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eΚατά τη διάρκεια των ανασκαφών, βρέθηκαν τρεις σταυροί σε μια σπηλιά, μαζί με τα καρφιά, καθώς και η επιγραφή \"Βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων\". Για να αποφανθούν ποιος ήταν ο σταυρός του Ιησού, έφεραν μια ετοιμοθάνατη λεπρή γυναίκα και την έβαλαν να αγγίζει κάθε μέρα από ένα σταυρό. Τη μέρα που τα σημάδια της αρρώστιας της εξαφανίστηκαν, μεμιάς κατάλαβαν ποιος ήταν ο Αληθινός Σταυρός.","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b140427.jpg","isbn":"978-960-14-1920-6","isbn13":"978-960-14-1920-6","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":{"id":3,"name":"Ξένη Λογοτεχνία","books_count":1389,"tsearch_vector":"'ksenh' 'kseni' 'logotechnia' 'logotehnia' 'logotexnia' 'xenh'","created_at":"2017-04-13T00:53:42.601+03:00","updated_at":"2017-04-13T00:53:42.601+03:00"},"pages":295,"publication_year":2009,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"16.0","price_updated_at":"2009-03-10","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":"The Pilgrimage of Helena","publisher_id":1,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":140427,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/augousta-elenh.json"},{"id":142505,"title":"300: The Hunt for Ephialtes","subtitle":"The Spartan Mission to Capture the Traitor of Thermopylae","description":"The Spartans may be thought of as the Samurais of the Western World. They led a frugal life, trained daily for battle and war, and sought to attain knowledge and divinity through a frugal and abstinent life. This book does not intend to provide a \"description\" of the Spartans, but walk with them, in an esoteric way, to the endless pursuit of virtue, a virtue that leads to a transcendent mortal world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"vehicle\" for this course is provided by an event mentioned by Herodotus, the \"father of history\".\u003cbr\u003eIt is known through Herodotus that the Spartans at Thermopylae were surrounded by the Persians on the third day of the battle because a local named Ephialtes had shown the Persians an unknown, to them, pass through Mt. Kallidromo, leading them to the rear of the Spartans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor ten years the secret service of the Spartan army (Krypteia) was trying to track down and ambush the traitor. The author tells us how, and besides this, he also tries to reveal the inner life of the Spartan warrior.\u003cbr\u003eThe book closes with a synopsis of the Spartan philosophy: \"I was clear in my narration about this: respect for the laws, obedience to superiors, inner discipline, restraint from pleasures, be cautious of comforts, seek hard work, avoid wealth, overcome fear, seek danger, comradeship and modesty. This is the way. The way to Virtue. Twelve assumptions. Our way to Knowledge\". \u003cbr\u003e","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b145401.jpg","isbn":"978-960-490-125-8","isbn13":"978-960-490-125-8","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":null,"pages":311,"publication_year":2009,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"17.0","price_updated_at":"2009-07-24","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":"Το τέλος του Εφιάλτη","publisher_id":155,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":145401,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/300-the-hunt-for-ephialtes.json"},{"id":143595,"title":"Ο λύκος της στέπας","subtitle":null,"description":null,"image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b146494.jpg","isbn":"978-960-536-396-3","isbn13":"978-960-536-396-3","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":null,"pages":536,"publication_year":2009,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"19.0","price_updated_at":"2009-09-18","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί - Εκκρεμής εγγραφή","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":160,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":146494,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/o-lykos-ths-stepas-82356a2e-adf8-476f-8ae2-ed98e89f591f.json"},{"id":145335,"title":"Tears of the People","subtitle":"The Tragic Life of a Great Revolutionary","description":"Tears of the People is the story of a priest who was a renowned educator, philosopher and a recipient of his country’s Medal of Honor. During the Greek War of Independence in the early 1800s, Father Theophilos Kairis was an inspirational hero to the freedom fighters and populace alike. Newspapers described him as \"the priest with a Bible in one hand and a carbine in the other.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis unconventional ideas and teachings, however, made him a threat to the Church, the State and powerful political conservatives. He was ultimately brought before the Greek Inquisition on charges of heresy and sentenced to years of torture in the catacombs of a medieval monastery. After his death, the Church Fathers took steps to eliminate every trace of his existence. They almost succeeded. To this day, legendary tales of the \"evil\" Father Kairis circulate throughout the Greek Isles. In some areas, his effigy is burned on Easter Sunday.\u003cbr\u003e","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b148244.jpg","isbn":"978-960-531-240-4","isbn13":"978-960-531-240-4","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":null,"pages":284,"publication_year":2009,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"15.0","price_updated_at":"2011-07-28","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":367,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":148244,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/tears-of-the-people.json"}]