Alice Friman: The Apricot Tree
I’m walking the white-washed steps
winding the hills into town. The odor—
wild thyme and spearmint. And halfway, look,
an apricot tree ablaze with summer, heavy
with fruit.
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Adrienne Mayor: Ancient Amazons — Imaginary, Man-Hating Virgins Invented to Be Killed by Greek Heroes? Wrong.
The most notorious “fact” that almost everyone has heard about Amazons is based on zero evidence. The idea that the warrior women sacrificed a breast in order to draw a … Continue reading
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