A troubled high school senior and a newly appointed mathematics teacher meet at a high school in Gytheio. He is a local boy, a shepherd and farmer; she is an urban woman from Athens, engaged to his beloved cousin. They are Irene and Petros.
When Irene discovers that Petros possesses a rare gift for mathematics—one that even he is unaware of—she innocently decides to help him develop his talent. But the winds blowing down from Mount Taygetus carry ominous warnings that no one seems able to hear…