Stephanos

Seventeen years later, running a struggling convenience store in a once grand but now dilapidated neighbourhood of Washington DC, Stephanos is still trying to find his place in the new world

2007 Guardian First Book Award wiiner announced 2007

Seventeen years later, running a struggling convenience store in a once grand but now dilapidated neighbourhood of Washington DC, Stephanos is still trying to find his place in the new world

December 2007 2007

Hellenist, i.e., one of those Jews who had been born in some foreign land and whose native tongue was Greek; however, according to a fifth century tradition, the name Stephanos was only a Greek equivalent for the Aramaic Kelil (Syr. kelila, crown), which may be the protomartyr's original name and was inscribed on a slab found in his tomb.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

"Stephanos," replied the centurion, "thy form of body fits thee well for the Palaestra, but thy mind is not so acutely formed as to detect that which is real from that which is only probable, in the political world, of which thou art now judging.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

Helen and her family now live in a northern suburb of that city, adjacent to Agios Stephanos where the fires were bad.

Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

Helen and her family now live in a northern suburb of that city, adjacent to Agios Stephanos where the fires were bad.

Archive 2009-08-01 Jean 2009

Sepha Stephanos, your narrator and main character, has a very tentative romantic relationship with a white woman who moves in next door.

Dinaw Mengestu discusses many aspects of his first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 2010

To be honest, Stephanos is pinning his hopes on getting that grant that would make his venture financially stable.

Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Crusading Composter Nancy Ruhling 2010

Stephanos works the Sunnyside market every Saturday; every Wednesday, he mans a booth at the Long Island City Greenmarket, and on Thursday afternoons, he oversees a compost distribution site in Williamsburg.

Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Crusading Composter Nancy Ruhling 2010

Stephanos hopes that his work with the Western Queens Compost Initiative inspires others to see the good in garbage.

Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Crusading Composter Nancy Ruhling 2010