No lack painter am I. Sophokles, Ajax When Leon returned to the inn Thalia met him in the courtyard with a great air of mystery. She pursed her lips, “He’s…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 21: The Painted Stoa
…like a panel, The painting marred and scratched. Euripides, Helen 262-263 One morning there was bustle at the inn. Rooms were being cleared out, hangings beaten, and floors scrubbed, waxed…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 20: The new dress
My peplos, which with pains I wove The warp was fine, also the weft. Homeric Hymn Leon sat in a sunny corner of the courtyard watching the swallows as they…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 19: Arms and Armour
…. On all sides martial array. Soldiers, well armed with lances and darts, Shield and cuirass, plumed helmet and greaves Aristophanes, The Frogs 1016-1017 While wandering through the market Leon…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 18: The Bronze Artemis
“I am a maiden of bronze” (Homeric Epigram 3) Leon wanted to see how his statuette was getting on so he made his way past the temple of Hephaestus, patron…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 17. Kephisodotos
“Thy favourite goddess, Artemis” (Euripides, Hippolytus 1394) A few days after Leon had talked with Eumares the carver he found himself in the sculptor’s quarters. He took out his tablet…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 16: Pots, Whole and Broken
… the artist painted The vase with scenes funereal. Aristophanes, The Ecclesiazusae 997 Leon had noticed the ox-carts loaded with pink clay, which rumbled through the streets to the potters’…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 15: A Holiday from Art
… A sacred dell, Shut in with olive, vine and laurel, Where throbs the nightingale. Sophokles, Oedipus at Kolonos 16-18 One morning Leon was leaning against a pillar in the…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 14: Memories of Salamis
Dark Salamis, washed by the sea, For all time famous are thy shores Wherever Greeks assemble. Sophokles, Ajax 596-599 While at the masons’ yard Leon had noted a very old…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 13: The Marble Quarry
… the weighty marble columns. Euripides, The Bacchanals 591 Leon was waiting outside the inn when Diokles turned up with a staff and a bag of provisions slung over his…Read More >
