#pindar

                                        Μοῖσά τοι
κολλᾷ χρυσὸν ἔν τε λευκὸν ἐλέφανθ᾽ ἁμᾷ
καὶ λείριον ἄνθεμον πον-
      τίας ὑφελοῖσ᾽ ἐέρσας.

                     The Muse, you know,
binds together gold and white ivory
with the lily flower she has taken
     from under the dew of the sea.

Pindar, Nemean7.77-80

16th April 2022

some (slightly) unexpected places the phd has taken me today