There is something intangible and incorruptible shared by all vessels: an aura, an ethos, a personality. Something not documented in technical instructions or in ship's logs but in the corridors of memory of all who have sailed on it. For the battleship GEORGIOS AVEROF, "that something" is called Circe.

Υπάρχουν τόποι που δεν είναι απλώς η γενέτειρα κάποιου. Είναι κάτι περισσότερο: ένας τρόπος να βλέπεις τον κόσμο. Ένας τρόπος να αισθάνεσαι το μέτρο, την σιωπή, την αρμονία. Ένας τρόπος να καταλαβαίνεις ότι ο άνθρωπος δεν είναι κυρίαρχος του τοπίου, αλλά σύντροφός του — όπως το δέντρο είναι δεμένο με τη γη.

The 2011 symposium was not just an academic conference — it was the beginning of a cultural movement. It involved site visits, ecological walks, bird releases, and the symbolic opening of the Cape Malea Lighthouse — blending memory with action, and heritage with vision. The official naming of the peninsula is not an end, but a beginning of that endeavor. It requires rededication to education, ecotourism, international research, and wise stewardship of one of Greece's most his