They are the teachers of truth
believers of the wholesome beauty
old men, pure, forever young
suns given to you to enjoy
in the freshness of an April
the Immortal and the Beautiful.
From the shores of Ionia
and from the air of Athens
which creates pneuma as it likes
from the holy grounds of Hellas
Wisdom, Logos, Rhythm
the Immortal and the Beautiful.
And there is Plato and behind him
heroes of Ideas, the philosophers
I’m with them, Grace says,
and there is Homer and behind him
all the hymnists, Olympian creators
the Immortal and the Beautiful.
Manolis Aligizakis 