{"id":3526,"date":"2017-05-18T23:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.varrias.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3526\/"},"modified":"2019-08-11T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:55:58","slug":"anna-this-arrogant-greek-woman","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.varrias.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/anna-this-arrogant-greek-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna, this arrogant Greek woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anna Comnena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the prologue to her\u00a0Alexiad,<br \/>\n<strong>Anna<\/strong> Komnina laments her widowhood.<\/p>\n<p>Her soul is all vertigo.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd I bathe my eyes,\u201d she tells us,<br \/>\n\u201cin rivers of tears&#8230;. Alas for the waves\u201d of her life,<br \/>\n\u201calas for the revolutions.\u201d Sorrow burns her<br \/>\n\u201cto the bones and the marrow and the splitting\u201d of her soul.<\/p>\n<p>But the truth seems to be this power-hungry woman<br \/>\nknew only one sorrow that really mattered;<br \/>\neven if she doesn\u2019t admit it, <strong>this arrogant Greek woman<br \/>\n<\/strong>had only one consuming pain:<br \/>\nthat with all her dexterity,<br \/>\nshe never managed to gain the throne,<br \/>\nvirtually snatched out of her hands by impudent John.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>Constantine<\/em><em> Cavafis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Translated by Edmund Keeley\/Philip Sherrard<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Comnena In the prologue to her\u00a0Alexiad, Anna Komnina laments her widowhood. 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