“He wasn’t completely wrong, poor old Gemistus
(let Lord Andronicus and the patriarch suspect him if they like),
in wanting us, telling us to become pagan once again.”

—  Constantine P. Cavafy

"After the Swim" as translated by Daniel Mendelsohn

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