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I am sorry you find Pnyx matters glaring at you reproachfully on your return. You have, of course, the shining example of GRE before you, who never put off till today what he should have done yesterday! Seriously, I should be very glad of a chance to do mine over again - and again! And I don't really know if it is done or not. I haven't even had a squawk out of Homer, so I must assume (a) that it is so superlative that no comment is necessary; (b) so indifferent that it evokes no reaction; or (c) so horrible that no comment is possible! Naturally I assume the last!
As to stamphoras, you did gather that I sent you two pairs from Ktima? Also, I think I forgot to mention that Xharilaos Cacoyannis amphora has the name: [handwritten: Ceot/moy] incised, after firing, on the shoulder.
I don't think I will write about Curium and Episkopi this time. I am not in the most favorable mood just now; in a less grumpy frame of mind I will do better. "Behold, I am as the new wine which hath no vent and bursteth the new vessels in sunder..." Some day I will discourse to you on the subject of the tender nurture of Cypriot ingrates.
The thought of your coming, however, brightens the day. Tell me when, soon! That is to say - … continues
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