Horse-taming Argos
Leigh Fermor echoes the hundreds of Homeric triologisms, many attributing this or that characteristic to one or another Greek city...
Language like a wipe of garlic
What a way to convey the invigorating presence of foreign words in a language. Even if imperfectly grafted, they add...
The lobsters of Skopelos
Hyperbole, nothing like it when suitably blatant, creative and outrageous.Â
You couldn't possibly eat one of these, only engage them...
Relief of the gods
A gratitude, therefore, that the whole race or culture has not been wiped out even if the city has been...
As worried as …
I admit that I had to find the mythological reference to understand Erasmus' simile for looking anxious.Â
Yet only...
Career choices
Here Zorba points out the choices his boss has to make, since you can't prattle about socialism and be a...
Sunlight dripping
Durrell's various Greek island books and Miller's Colossus of Maroussi enchanted me with their marvelous descriptions of people, places and...
Poikilometis
Nicolson refers to this word, used to describe Odysseus, and translates it as ‘dapple-skilled, with so much woven into him...
Of temples and cathedrals
An unusual analysis of the difference between temples and cathedrals, which seems obvious once it has been pointed out.Â
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Sun-darkening arrows
Describing the shower of arrows at Thermopylae falling so thick and fast that they blot out the sun's light. Leonidas,...
One for the microbe
A charming variant of 'one for the road' justifications for one more drink. Â May you enjoy all the optimism, vigour...
My kinda cats – II
Generally speaking, I'm not a cat fan, preferring dogs all round. However, although I can be dismissive of the pampered...
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