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Peel Me a Lotus - Charmian CliftIn 1951 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post war London for Greece. Settling first on the tiny island of Kalymnos, then Hydra, their plan was to live simply and focus on their writing, away from the noise of the big city. The result is two of Charmian Clift's best known and most loved books, the memoirs Mermaid Singing and Peel Me a Lotus. Peel Me a Lotus, the companion volume to Mermaid Singing relays their move

Frequent references to everyday life in Greece

princess of Pedasus

on the whole of Virgil's Georgics

regret and vengeance

architecture

the existing standard commentaries in English do not offer much by way of help to any reader except the classicist who knows Greek

ξαφνικά

που τελικά καταλήγει σε μια δυνατή κραυγή για να μας οδηγήσει στο ανώτατο σκαλοπάτι της ωριμότητας: τη σιωπή

Late antique court poetry

A full introduction places the work in its cultural context and analyzes its construction

this accessible guide to writing Greek is useful for anyone starting Greek prose composition

Referential grammar tables