“When Paris, a Trojan prince, stole the beautiful Helen from her husband, the King of Sparta, that,’ he pointed to the Marathonisi, ‘is where the runaways first dropped anchor. They left the caique and spent the first night together on the island. Homer wrote about it. It used to be called Kranae.’ We were dumbfounded. Kranae! I had always wondered where it was. The whole of Gytheion was suddenly transformed. Everything seemed to vanish except the dark silhouette of the island where thousands of years ago that momentous and incendiary honeymoon began among the whispering fennel.”
― Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
― Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
“How enjoyable, how very enjoyable and luxurious it is, suddenly to emerge from the stern labyrinth of fact onto these dawn-lit uplands of surmise!”
― Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
― Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
“Every rock and stream is a myth.”
― Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
― Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
“Sometimes you read something and a thought that was floating around in your veins organizes itself into the sentence that reflects it.”
― Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
― Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
Eve's Book Club!
— 417 members
— last activity Jul 19, 2017 03:23AM
Hey everyone - I thought I would start a book club as I love sharing opinions on books I've read! Have fun and stay tuned on my channel for a monthly ...more
Em’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Em’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Em
Lists liked by Em




















