Monday, May 19, 2025

 

Plataea

Odysseus Elytis (1911-1996), "The Shape of Boeotia," tr. Nikos Gatsos:
Here where a desolate glance blows on the stones and the deathless agavae
Here where the footsteps of time are heard profoundly
Where the enormous clouds unfold sixwinged and golden
Above the metope of heaven....
Photographs of Plataea:
Hat tip: Eric Thomson.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 7:55 AM


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