Myrtle Anagnostou
Mirto Anagnostou (Greek: Μυρτώ Αναγνώστου) is a fictional character on the ANT1 television series Erotas, played by Koralia Karanti.
| Myrtle Anagnostou Μυρτώ Αναγνώστου | |
|---|---|
 Koralia Karanti as Mirto Anagnostou (left) | |
| First appearance | Episode 1 September 8, 2005 |
| Created by | Vana Dimitriou |
| Portrayed by | Koralia Karanti |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Mirto Douka (first married name) Mirto Anagnostou (second married name) Mirto Argiriou Anagnostou (third married name) Mirto Anagnostou (current name) |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | CEO |
| Occupation | CEO of Antigoni Resort Group |
| Family | Mary Petrou (paternal grandmother) Paul Petrou (father; deceased) Renata Petrou (mother) Thalia Petrou (sister) Eleni Petrou (sister) |
| Spouse | Stefanos Doukas (ex-husband) Hector Anagnostou (ex-husband) Lefteri Argiriou (ex-husband) Thanasis Avgeris (ex-boyfriend) Hector Anagnostou (current husband) |
| Children | Antigoni Douka (daughter, deceased) Renos Doukas (son) Pavlos Doukas (son) Eva Anagnostou (daughter) Andreas Argiriou (adoptive son) Panayioti Douka (grandson; deceased) |
| Relatives | Christina Douka (daughter-in-law) Martha Douka (ex-daughter-in-law) Alexandros Mavrakis (ex-son-in-law) Markos Anagnostou (brother-in-law) |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
| Nationality |  |
Characterization
Myrto is a dynamic and ruthless businesswoman who has accumulated a large fortune and hotel empire during her life. She is desperate to be loved, and has had multiple marriages/romantic entanglements. She has five children Renos Doukas, Pavlos Doukas, Antigoni Douka, Eva Anagnostou and Andreas Argiriou. (adoptive son)
History
Life Before Season 1
Mirto lived with her abusive, and much older ex-husband Stefanos Doukas, during a fight their 4-year-old daughter, Antigoni wondered off and was taken by Stefanos' mistress at the time Vera, and raised in the care of Vera's sister in London.
Season 1
Mirto and her husband Ektoras enjoy the perfect life until Ioulia and Stefanos, their ex-spouses set out to destroy them, with Ektoras having an affair with Ioulia, whose events were recorded in a diary that was later found by Mirto. The marriage then falls apart, and Stefanos employs Ioulia to destroy Mirto's business by buying 49% of the shares in Mirto's company. However, Lefteris sells his 10% of shares back to Mirto so she can recontrol the company. However Mirto and Stefanos put their hatred aside when their long lost daughter Antigoni returns, and present a united front in order to welcome her into the family. Mirto falls in love with Lefteris, an ex-convict and they marry at the end of the season, however the night before her wedding to Lefteris, Mirto and Ektoras have an affair. However, Mirto still marries Lefteris, realising that the only reason Ektoras tried to get her back was that he was afraid to let their daughter Eva near Lefteris because of his past. Lefteris feels threatened throughout the season as Mirto still has a very close friendship with her ex-husband. At the end of the season Mirto runs toward, her son's wife's Martha's house after a bomb is set off inside, where her daughter, Eva is.
Season 2
At the start of the second season, Mirto is confronted by Gerasimos, who is the husband of Ektoras's long-lost girlfriend, Aphrodite. Mirto's sister, Thalia, also comes to live with her. They have a very strained relationship and Mirto kicks her out of the house after she realises that she has been hocking jewelry to fuel her gambling problem. Yerasimos gains Mirto's trust and fakes his suicide to make it look like murder, and Mirto being fooled by his lies condemned Aphrodite for the murder and Ektoras as her accomplice. However, she later realised after investigating that Aphrodite was innocent, but was kidnapped and threatened by Yerasimos' associates so she wouldn't tell the truth in the court case.
However, enough evidence is exposed eventually to condemn Yerasimos, when his associate is arrested and the tape showing his "final plan" is played in court. Lefteris and Aphrodite continue to feel threatened by Mirto's close relationship with Ektoras, and Mirto and Lefteris separate several times over this issue. Towards the end of the season, Mirto agrees to adopt a 7-year-old boy, Andreas, to fulfill her husband's need for children, however the child is kidnapped, and the birth mother checks herself into rehab to fight for custody of the child along with the birthfather.
When it becomes apparent that Mirto and Lefteris are almost definitely going to lose Andreas, Lefteris spirals out of control, become an alcoholic, cheating on Mirto, and even hitting her at one stage while intoxicated when she revealed that she turned to Ektoras during this time because he could be there for her. She develops a much stronger bond with Andreas during this time, and gradually he feels much closer to Mirto that Lefteris, as he feels that Lefteris no longer loves him.
Mirto loses even more trust in Lefteris after he makes threats to kill the birthmother of Andreas, even being sent to jail, after Alexandra set him up. Mirto was so disgusted in him that she didn't pay his bail, or turn up to the courthouse. However, he is quickly released because the gun he was using was legal, and he didn't shoot anyone.
Mirto is going to divorce Lefteris, she throws him out of the house and he goes to Mykonos, where he embezzles 800 thousand euros from her company and places most of the funds directly into an international account in New York City.
When Lefteris returns, Mirto tells him to pack the rest of his things and leave, as Pavlos told her that he had a girlfriend, and he continued to treat everyone around him horribly when he returned.
Mirto and Lefteris have divorced. Andreas biological father, has allowed the child to stay with Mirto and Eva because he is putting the child's happiness before his own.
At the end of the season Mirto and Stefanos hatched a plan against Angelos Papadatos after he tried to frame Renos for the murder of Aris and also threatened the financial status of Stefanos pharmaceutical company. In the season finale he is killed. Mirto asked to be allowed to "take care" of him herself, and she is the prime suspect for his murder.
Season 3
Mirto is one of the three prime suspects after Angelos is mysteriously murdered in the Season 3 premiere after her birthday cruise. Mirto's best friend returns to her life in the Season 3. She exposes her best-friend's husband's affair, and urges Elena to leave her husband. However, she instead attempts suicide. Mirto as her support network during this difficult time.
Mirto and Ektoras have a very strained relationship. They constantly accuse each other of being involved in Angelos death and Mirto refuses to tell Ektoras what really happened on the night of the cruise. Neither of them has an alibi and are both equally suspect.
Mirto and Angelos uncle, who poses as a property investor/real estate agent begin a business relationship, that quickly turns to a strong friendship. They later begin a romantic relationship, however Mirto has no idea who the person she is dating really is. She eventually finds out and is ashamed that she allowed herself to be so deceived, being reluctant to let any of her friends and family know what she is actually feeling.
Mirto and Ektoras get back together and her kids are very happy. In the meantime Mirto does not know if she loves Ektoras or not.
Trivia
- Mirto is the only core character on Erotas that has not been in jail.