The victor stood before the throng A wreath upon his brow Pindar Demetrios and Eugenia put up at Leon’s inn, much to Thalia’s delight. She had wormed out of Doula…Read More >
Leon of Messalia
Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 26: The rescue
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 >
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 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 >
