Tawny-maned horses
A journey you would never want to end, the way Leigh Fermor describes it.
'Poppies scattered the green crops, the...
Bright and brighter
The Trojan Hector goes on the attack with his beautiful horses, bright-maned, a complement to the bright-patterned shield of Odysseus.
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Nervous as horses
A jumpy, unsettling opening to a powerful page that drives to the source of fury in Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath....
Liver-coloured foal
One of the most unusual descriptions of a colour I have come across, and I also liked the gawkiness of...
Gleam-footed horse
You can see the gleam of its hooves, as I once saw in a perfectly preened and prepared pedigree horse...
How to read a book in a language you don’t know (II)
I love children's books and their illustrations, and often buy second-hand at this or that flea-market. By now, we have...
Hard-breathing horses
Caught up in the maelstrom of battle between the Greeks and Trojans, these horses have just seen their master massacred,...
An invitation in your pocket
A sense of feeling like a grand guest, as if Tamerlane himself has invited you and the world is at...
Well-nourished horses
A shocking juxtaposition of this attractive image of fine, strong, cared for horses, and their use by Roman cavalry as...
Horse-taming Argos
Leigh Fermor echoes the hundreds of Homeric triologisms, many attributing this or that characteristic to one or another Greek city...
Expressing allegiance
Mandelstam seems to have seen something timeless in the curve of a horse’s neck in Armenia, and discerned a proud...
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