Tied to the fertile land of Mesogaia Attica, brothers Sotiris and Pericles Papasotiriou took over the care of a small fig orchard in the seaside town of Porto Rafti in the mid 1950’s.
Τwo generations later, grateful to our ancestors for imparting their experience and love for this land to us, we continue passionately our family tradition.

Our fig orchard in Porto Rafti expanded with the contribution of the younger, Christos Papasotiriou, who applied strictly mechanical methods of cultivation. We improved product packaging and contributed to the elevation of royal Markopoulo figs in the Greek market.

Today, Sykeones Papasotiriou consist of 600 trees of various ages. Located in 45 acres of private land that are farmed with personal care by our family members.
In order to proceed with the production of processed fig products, we have set up our facilities in Markopoulo Mesogaias, where we select and package fresh figs, and produce our fig extra jam.

An essential ingredient of the diet of ancient Athenians, figs of Attica were consumed fresh and dried. They are referred to in numerous ancient historical texts describing everyday life, customs, traditions and religious ceremonies.

According to Herodotus, Xerxes the King of Persia began his expedition to Greece in order to conquer the fig orchards of Attica and consume its figs fresh.

Zinodoros and Plutarch inform us that a resolution of the city-state of Athens prohibited the export of figs. A special group of inspectors, the sycophants, were responsible for denouncing those who illegally disposed them outside Attica, or those who stole the figs of others. As these complaints were often mischievous and accusations proved false, the word “sycophant” took the meaning it has today in Greek.
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