A pomegranate for Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis kept a bowl of fruit on his writing desk and pomegranates, when in season, were his favourites. Symbolism? A muse? Who knows. Pomegrantes are in season now and I bought four at the supermarket the other day. They’re always around here, in Greece, especially as decorations at Christmas time. Persephone was tricked into eating a few pomegranate seeds and had to spend six months of every year in Hades. Pausanias thought the pomegranate a mystery. Wikipedia says that pomegranate juice is used to dye fabric. I don’t eat them. Do I fear Persephone’s fate? Probably. I’m only kilometres away from Acheron River, that crystal clear river that leads to the Gates of Hades.
Posted by By: kathryn | 
2006/10/05 | Personal - Greece - Greek | Trackback | Comments [RSS 2.0]
