Petros (pelican) Petros (pelican) Petros was a great white pelican. It was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos. In 1958, a wounded pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name "Petros", as a joke among locals, as "petro" in Greek means "rock" or "stone", but metaphorically "old and grumpy". Petros was hit and killed by a car in December 1985. Subsequently, three new pelicans took up residence around the main town of Mykonos. One, honorifically, was
Petros Tabouris Petros Tabouris Petros Tampouris, Petros Tabouris (Πέτρος Ταμπούρης) (b. Athens, 1967) is a Greek musician, composer and musicologist. He is a professional player of the kanonaki and other instruments. Petros Tampouris (Πέτρος Ταμπούρης) was born in Athens in 1967 and studied both music and information technology (the latter at the National Technical University of Athens). From a very young age he showed an interest in Greek music and instruments used in popular music. After discovering Byzantine ecclesiastical music and the theory of Greek popular music, and meeting musicians, he became involved in composition and research. In the 2000s, Tabouris released