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{{Short description|Greek-Sierran broadcaster and media mogul (born 1936)}}
Atticus Ioannou Eleftheroudakis ({{W|Greek language|Greek}}: ''Ἀττικός Ιωάννου Ελευθερουδάκης'', romanised as Attikós Ioánnou Eleftheroudákis; born 29 June 1936), is a Greek-Sierran broadcaster, historian, and businessman. He is best known for presenting the {{W|Ancient Greece}} documentaries that would form the [[Stories of Hellas|collection ''Stories of Hellas'']], a comprehensive Greek history documentary series covering ancient Greek language, history, culture, and mythology, and starting the first Greek-language radio station in [[Sierra]] named [[ApolloFM]]. 

Eleftheroudakis is a Greek immigrant who arrived in Sierra in 1948, formerly having worked for the [[Royal Broadcasting Service]] as a news presenter early in the 1960s. With a career spanning six decades, his notable filmography includes ''[[The Many Olympians]]'' and its sequel ''[[Pandora's Unopened Box]]'', ''[[Wonders of the Mediterranean]]'' and ''[[The Lovers of Wisdom]]''. In 2016, he was nominated for an {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator|Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator}}. In addition to his work as a broadcaster and presenter, Eleftheroudakis hosted the ApolloFM radio station as Sierra's first Greek-language radio station, playing both ancient and modern Greek music accompanied by talk shows in Greek. He is also a businessman, having founded the [[HI Media Group]] as a way to aid him in expanding the operations of ApolloFM, now one of the largest media companies in Sierra.
==Early life==
Atticus' father, Major General Ioánnis Elefthéroudakis (1904-1985) fought in the [[Greek Civil War]] against Greek communists. In 1948, Atticus and his mother emigrated to [[Sierra]] while his father continued to command the Hellenic army against communist forces. Atticus and his three siblings grew up raised by their mother.
==Career==
In 1964, the 28-year-old Eleftheroudakis was hired as a broadcaster for the [[Royal Broadcasting Service]] at RBS Radio. While working on RBS Radio, Eleftheroudakis, who had noticed that despite how multicultural Porciúncula and Sierra is, lacked any Greek-language media. Wanting to fix this issue, Eleftheroudakis began to set out to obtain the necessary licenses for operating a radio station and the infrastructure required to do so. On 2 July 1971, he began broadcasting the [[ApolloFM|Cretes]] station on FM radio band at a frequency of 94.9 MHz, where he would work part-time. Shortly after Cretes began broadcasting, Eleftheroudakis left his job at RBS.
==Personal life==
Eleftheroudakis married his wife Medea in 1964, eight years his junior, where they would have four children. 

Eleftheroudakis, when asked about his political views, he response tends to be that does not align anywhere, as "politics aren't important to your life". Since his immigration to [[Sierra]] in 1948, Eleftheroudakis has never voted once. Although identifying as a Greek Orthodox Christian, he is not a practicing Christian. He has described himself as "secular" in 2007.

Despite an estimated networth of $228 million, Eleftheroudakis has also been noted for his frugality. His home in [[Porciúncula]] was purchased for $25,500. Throughout his life, he has only owned one car, being a {{W|Peugeot 404|1968 Peugeot 404}}. He also relies on public transportation and walking, and would eat cheap food he purchases from supermarkets unless invited to upper-class dining, and has usually been seen wearing the same few sets of clothes. Reportedly, Eleftheroudakis does not own a computer nor a smartphone, and still pays with cash. He has once stated in a private interview that he does "not like what the digital age has done" in June 2023.

==Filmography==
===Television===
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|1990
|''[[The Many Olympians]]''
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|1993
|''[[Pandora's Unopened Box]]''
|Narrator
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|2004-2016
|''[[Wonders of the Mediterranean]]''
| rowspan="2" |Narrator
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|2015-2019
|''[[The Lovers of Wisdom]]''
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[[Category:20th-century Sierran historians]]
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[[Category:RBS News people]]
[[Category:Audiobook narrators]]
[[Category:Greek-Sierran culture]]
[[Category:Sierrans of Greek Descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:HI Media Group]]