Athanasiou was romantically linked to actor and drama theorist Antonin
Artaud ("Theatre of Cruelty"). Extensive correspondence exists between
the two (roughly the period 1923 to 1940), as evidenced by multiple
sources (example: "Antonin Artaud Selected Writings" Library of
Congress Catalog Number: 79-143303). Artaud seems to have been the
aggressor, Athanasiou deftly keeping his passions at bay.
