Giorgos Seferis Quote

Great suffering descended on Greece.
So many bodies thrown
into the jaws of the sea, the jaws of the earth... all for a linen undulation, a bit of cloud, a butterfly's flicker, a swan's down, an empty tunic —all for a Helen.


Helen (1953)


Great suffering descended on Greece. So many bodies thrown into the jaws of the sea, the jaws of the earth... all for a linen undulation, a bit of...

Great suffering descended on Greece. So many bodies thrown into the jaws of the sea, the jaws of the earth... all for a linen undulation, a bit of...

Great suffering descended on Greece. So many bodies thrown into the jaws of the sea, the jaws of the earth... all for a linen undulation, a bit of...

Great suffering descended on Greece. So many bodies thrown into the jaws of the sea, the jaws of the earth... all for a linen undulation, a bit of...