By Madeline Miller ‘The funeral pyres burn through the night, their greasy smoke smeared across the moon. I try not to think how everyone is a man I know. Knew.’ –The Song of Achilles It has been a very long time since I last wrote a book review, […]
Cat caught red-handed napping under fence Beautiful sunset in Piraeus Freaky statues in a museum at night. What more could you possibly want? A luxurious duck-shaped vessel made of one single piece of rock-crystal, a piece of Minoan craftsmanship Purrloin. A warm wake up Furball. The sea cat […]
Photo Collection #1: Athenian Cats (and other animals) – Part 1 Cats-we know you love them. Oh yeah, and the other ones too. So here’s a collection of your favourite felines, dogs, and-oh sod it, just have a look. This was a beautiful tortoiseshell that was sitting just […]
By Homer “And then darkness covered their eyes…” So was it nighttime? By MoonlightWalnut aka Elayne Snowhawk The Iliad-beautiful and devastating, lovely and tragic-this is probably how I would sum it up. This classic poem by Homer, (not from The Simpsons, mind you) written in Ancient Greek, […]