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Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 27: Epilogue

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21st March 202023rd March 2020

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 >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 27: Epilogue

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 26: The rescue

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13th March 202021st March 2020

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 26: The rescue

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 25: The slave market

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7th March 202020th March 2020

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 25: The slave market

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 24: Battle of the brushes

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2nd March 202020th March 2020

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 24: Battle of the brushes

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 23: The painters talk ‘shop’

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21st February 202020th March 2020

…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 23: The painters talk ‘shop’

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 22: The invitation

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14th February 202020th March 2020

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 22: The invitation

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 16: Pots, Whole and Broken

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5th January 20201st February 2020

… 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 16: Pots, Whole and Broken

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 15: A Holiday from Art

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28th December 20191st February 2020

… 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 15: A Holiday from Art

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 14: Memories of Salamis

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20th December 201930th December 2019

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 14: Memories of Salamis

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 13: The Marble Quarry

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13th December 201930th December 2019

… 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 >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 13: The Marble Quarry

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