This is the first feature film of Greek cinema, and is based on the well known bucolic romance of the same name by Spyros Peresiadis. A young and charming shepherd, Tasos, swings emotionally between the rich shepherdess Stavroula, who wants to make him hers at any cost, and the polite and beautiful Golfo, who moves him deeply and whom he intends to marry. With the help of her father, Stavroula manages to lure Tasos, who renounces Golfo. When he comes to his senses, however, it is already too late. Golfo, in great despair has poisoned herself, and Tasos, feeling twice guilty decides to commit suicide himself, leaving Stavroula alone.