Thursday, 22 August 2024

Thinking About Summer Wildfires

καίοντο πτελέαι τε καὶ ἰτέαι ἠδὲ μυρῖκαι,
καίετο δὲ λωτός τε ἰδὲ θρύον ἠδὲ κύπειρον

The elms and willows and tamarisks were burning,
Burning was the clover, reed and galingale.
Homer, Iliad, XXI.350-51. My translation.