Early Life
Delta was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to Virginia (née Choremi) and the wealthy cotton merchant Emmanuel Benakis. She was the third of six children, her two older siblings, being Alexandra and Antonis Benakis (whose Tom Sawyer-like mischiefs she immortalized in her book Trellantonis); her younger siblings were Constantine, who died at the age of two, Alexander, and Argine.
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