I cannot Clean Install Lion.

I had lion installed (all updates) and I had to reinstall because I was having problems with speed and stability of the system. Now I cannot install it neither from the Recovery HD partition nor the usb and the dvd disk that I burned from the InstallerESD.dmg that I found on the internet that works as a media for a clean install. When I use the DVD version that I burned and before I choose anything for the installation process, just after the loader finishes loading, I get an error message telling me that Installation failed, try to reinstall. (duh! that's what im trying to do anyway!). With the usb hd that I mounted the .dmg after I startup my system with the opt key pressed and after choosing the USB disk to boot, I get a "forbidden sign", Circle with a diagonal line in the middle, just where the apple logo was and the system hangs there. The computer is an iMac 21,5'' with 16GB Ram, May 2011 model.
I don't have the snow leopard disk. I just have another macbook that has lion installed.
What can I do?
Thank you
EDIT: Also I tryied mounting with the Lion recovery tool the recovery partition on a usb flash drive so I can boot up from there and download and install from scratch the OS. But I still get the weird "No access" sign in the apple logo after booting from the usb drive.

You can call AppleCare and then place your order. You can reach AppleCare at:
Greece
00800 44145417
www.apple.com/gr/support/
Explain that you need to order duplicates of the original Install DVDs, you will need the serial number and a credit card to order.
If you still have the original box the computer shipped in look again, it's incredibly unusual for machines that came prior to Lion (10.7.x) to not include the media. It's easy to overlook but it's probably there. You will find a small box that included the owners manual, it's packed with the manual.

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