A new series of notebooks inspired by 10 iconic ancient sayings. Each notebook is accompanied by a brief, carefully crafted text in both Greek and English. This series serves as a small companion for reflection, ideal for those seeking daily inspiration. With elegant aesthetics and content that blends knowledge and meaning, these notebooks make a thoughtful gift or a personal reminder that a few words written centuries ago can still hold timeless truths.

Pray to Athena, but you’d better start paddling too

Aesop, ancient Greek fabulist
(620 BC – 564 BC)

Syn Athina kai xeira kinei

"This parabolic phrase reminds us that divine intervention, valuable as it is, won’t deliver the desired result if we fail to mobilize. Wishes, hope and faith are worthy when they are joined with action, personal struggle and the intention to take fate into our own hands. Only then will the gods look upon us with favor. Athena, the symbol of wisdom and strategic thought, undoubtedly frowns upon inaction and rewards those who do, who dare..."