tˈuː jˈɪɹz fˈɑːloʊɪŋ hɪz mˈuːv tə pˈæɹɪs ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi nˈaɪn, wɪððɪ ˈaʊtbɹeɪk ænd ɪnsˈɛpʃən ʌvðə sˈɛkənd wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ, mɔːɹˈɑːliz ɐbˈændɑːndᵻd hɪz stˈʌdiz ɪn pˈæɹɪs ænd ɪn sɛptˈɛmbɚ, hiː ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tʊ ˈæθᵻnz ænd ɛɡzˈɪbɪɾᵻd ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv ɛŋɡɹˈeɪvɪŋz wɪððə fɹˈiː ˈɑːɹɾɪsts ɡɹˈuːp ɪn pˈɜːɹiːəs.
Two years following his move to Paris in 1939, with the outbreak and inception of the Second World War, Moralis abandonded his studies [in Paris] and in September, he returned to Athens and exhibited a series of engravings with the Free Artists Group in Piraeus.