Against the bulwarks The ship-men standing, wait, Strong sturdy forms with vests of white Aeschylus, The Suppliants 719-720 Leon stood in the bows of the galley. He was explaining matters…Read More >
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Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 25: The slave market
Long years a slave, I grind the corn, Or at the door I stand and bend To all who come and go. Euripides, Trojan Women 490-494 Thalia, returning with her…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 24: Battle of the brushes
The painter painted Pythagoras himself whom you had seen with a voice, if Pythagoras had wished to speak. Writer uncertain. The next morning Leon made his way to the studio…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 23: The painters talk ‘shop’
…by the artist’s brush Expertly painted Euripides, Alkestis 348-349 Zeuxis suggested that they pass the rest of the evening pleasantly by enlightening their young friend Leon. “We painters shall, in…Read More >
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 22: The invitation
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 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 >
