“The greatest gods of our glorious Greece
appeared before you.”

—  Constantine P. Cavafy

Julian at the Mysteries http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=166&amp;cat=4 <br class="br">Collected Poems (1992) <br class="br">Context: The greatest gods of our glorious Greece<br>appeared before you.<br>And if they left, don’t think for a minute<br>that they were frightened by a gesture.

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