“Things impolitic and dangerous:
praise for Greek ideals,
supernatural magic, visits to pagan temples.”

— Constantine P. Cavafy

Julian in Nicomedia http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=106&cat=1 Collected Poems (1992) Context: Things impolitic and dangerous: praise for Greek ideals, supernatural magic, visits to pagan temples. Enthusiasm for the ancient gods

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Greek poet 1863–1933

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