ἐπενόησας

Ἀκαδημίαν

σοβεῖς

An unfinished work of art, a mycologist, a sense of foreboding

A plague, a piece of chalk, viridian.

“Winter was the only season we could be together.”

And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.

I don’t want realism. I want magic!

The Headless Women of Hollywood

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.

picture from the movie The Princess Of Montpensier

The poem praises and seeks to capture a sense of the beauty of a particular woman.

convey her beauty as a harmonious "meeting" between darkness and light. After its discussion of physical attractiveness, the poem then portrays this outer beauty as representative of inner goodness and virtue.

Gary Corby's mystery novel The Marathon Conspiracy is mostly set at the Brauron shrine.