In the era of depression and anxiety where laughter, poetry and the meaning of life have been lost, humanity yearns to return to the springs and rivers that revitalize nature and bring celebrations, dances and songs.
A mountain village in Arcadia was lucky enough to be built next to a water source.
That is why they named the village, Pigi. And the people there are called Pigaioi… They still live there today, even in the midst of a digital storm, simply and harmoniously with nature, according to the Arcadian ideal, the myth of which inspired European culture since the Romantic era.
The Pigaioi have also been fortunate to have another source, a spiritual source. His name is Istros Aetovouneas. He is their teacher and represents the conscience of the village. He is the “estrus” that inspires, but also the gadfly that vexes hypocrites and Pharisees. That is why the Greek Ministry of Education has him on its blacklist.
But the village is living in fear. The people of Pigi are anxious that greedy companies will take away their water and they will lose their source of water and the culture that flows from it. They are afraid of fires – those that can burn the forest in which they live. They are also afraid of the monstrous wind turbines that will ruin their landscape. In spite of these troubling issues some inhabitants selfishly consider their own needs in collusion with corrupt government officials destroying the balance and harmony of the traditional family.
More importantly they fear they will lose their spiritual source, their teacher, because the Ministry, in order to get rid of him, is forcing him into early retirement.
But Istros continues to teach outside of school as he seeks to “upgrade” people through education/Paideia.
Those espousing the fourth technological revolution, however, claim that in today’s robotic/digital age, humanity cannot be upgraded through education, but only through technology and with a program called “TALOS 21st Century”, which provides for changes in the genetic code and can upload the human mind to computers. Only in this way can the upgrade be achieved and man become superhuman.
Istros remembers how the Argonauts removed the seal from the prehistoric giant Talos and disarmed the first robot-man of power. He seeks to find out how they can still face this great danger today, which destroys nature and the environment, education and harmony in their lives.