Odysseus Elytis Quote

Greek the language they gave me;
poor the house on Homer's shores.
My only care my language on Homer's shores.
There bream and perch
windbeaten verbs,
green sea currents in the blue.


'The Axion Esti' (1959)


Greek the language they gave me; poor the house on Homer's shores. My only care my language on Homer's shores. There bream and perch windbeaten...

Greek the language they gave me; poor the house on Homer's shores. My only care my language on Homer's shores. There bream and perch windbeaten...

Greek the language they gave me; poor the house on Homer's shores. My only care my language on Homer's shores. There bream and perch windbeaten...

Greek the language they gave me; poor the house on Homer's shores. My only care my language on Homer's shores. There bream and perch windbeaten...