The construction of the modern Greek nation in the 19th century followed a pattern that proved long-lasting enough to still permeate the country in its contemporary representation and understanding. The pattern focused on the ideals put forward by 3 words: “Nation-Religion-Family”. These are the three principles that shaped the notion of the Greek national identity and have been haunting it ever since. They were put on the forefront by hegemonic powers, used by political parties, misused by a military dictatorship, utilised by mass tourism; finally, they got under the skin of Greek society as whole. Through this motto, Greece – perched as it is between West and East- is trying to live up to the ghosts of a long lost past, bury its Eastern influences and finally, prove its place in the West. The ideals represented by “Nation – Religion -Family” , which has come to be considered a sacrosanct by many, have constructed a strict canon on what is defined as “Greekness”. This canon creates a fragmented sense of collective identity and its nebulous shards find fuel on a phobic approach of its repressed "other". That rift of identities gives birth to a brand of conservatism that seeks validation through a false sense of superiority and a rigid definition of normativity. “Sacrosanct” is a study on the signifiers of the Greek national Identity, as expressed through “Nation – Religion – Family”. Iconography representing those ideals is visualised as “afterimages”: negative spectres of bright images imprinted on the eye retina. The signs, detached from their usual idyllic connotations, are transferred into a reality where the uneasy powers that work under their surface become apparent. This way, animate and inanimate objects utter their own self identifying stories, having shaken off their own forced narratives of fetish.