Dear Viv,

I have to confess that I would have preferred to be
other than me, at this very point, concrete and
earthly, therefore approachable and mundane in my
flesh and bones. But Alas, I am pure spirit, a shadow,
as in the portrait I have sent to the list. Almost
transparent.
Though, I am still in touch, not lurking, but alert,
taking notes of everything, of those who are good and
those who are evil, ready to report to the Greatest of
All Mighty Heights (you know who I mean!)who is worth
having here with us, when the time will be mature.

Oh,  yes, you do look like Greek. I am not surprised
that in Greece they though you were one of them.
I know all about the Greeks colonizing Southern
Italy.I have lived so long by the ruins of Paestum and
visited them daily, for my archaeological studies.

Once, when I was still a student at the Faculty of
Letters and Philosophy.
I have made known that this list exists to other
Italians and I am sure they will promptly join. You
will have a little bit of movement around, I hope.

Beatrice









--- Viv Kitson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bibi - If you're still lurking and have not yet gone
> off in a huff....Thanks for the comparison to
> Ulysses! (Prompted to respond because I am
> currerntly listening to Cream's "Disraeli Gears"
> album and the track "Tales of Brave Ulysses".)
>
> Oddly enough, although I am an Anglo (with a bit of
> Celt thrown in) and quarter German on my mother's
> side, the only nationality I have ever been mistaken
> for is Greek. At 6-foot, with black hair, brown eyes
> and a skin that tans easily, I always thought I
> could be mistaken for an Italian. But, on my first
> visit to Europe in 1976, while staying in Athens,
> people kept coming up to me an trying to start a
> conversation in Greek. We were staying with the
> parent of a Greek friend of ours in the suburb of
> Nea Smyrna, so I asked the mother: "Why is this so?"
> She gave me a critical look, and suggested it was
> the black beard.
>
> But does this explain my love of ancient Greek
> history & culture? The foundation of our Western
> civilisation, I will assert - and allow no
> dissension from this view! And as we all know from
> our readings of Herodotus and Thucydides, the Greeks
> from circa 400BC colonised southern Italy...
>
> So, if it's farewell, sweet Beatrice, it's a parting
> without an inkling of your "true being and reality".
> No web sites with your visage or works?
>
> Viv
>
>

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