Visit Nafplio, Assini, 165 km, see 188 photos

The (My) thoughts visited Argolida once again. This time they traveled from Athens to Agios Andrianos. The next day in the afternoon they went to see their friend the King who lives in Kastraki on the Acropolis of Asini! It is true that you do not find him whenever you want. Mobile does not. Only from Homer and Seferis can you find out where he is! And yes, also from Midea who is his girlfriend, and Thoughts visited her recently! They saw him sitting skilfully on the rock in his visor and gazing at the bay ... Around the invisible soldiers - sailors were coming up with news from the plain and the Argolic Sea.
"My bountiful bourgeois lovers enjoy the July sun and the blue tricks of the Argolic. Kindergartens look with craving and awe of water. Large people measure their stamina and print the bottomless blue with their eyes. No sail seems to be threatening us. In the background at Candia, an architect built a modern castle for good weather. It is beautiful. We did not come in ... The sun shines all day, In the afternoon before sunset it plays with the clouds of hide and seek. Midea is well. He sends you his best regards. But its castle ... The new road that connects Mycenae with Tiryns is over! It passes through the neighboring (abandoned) Kastraki of the ancient road to Epidavros ... And our castle strategist has a problem. Do the main gate has collapsed and some other points want repair ... Time you know !!! "
Thoughts felt right not to bother the king. He would surely be licking through his golden mask of seeing people walking towards the future, reminiscing of the past and portraying it with an idol ...
Text in google English from Greek origin. Writer. Christos Roumeliotis.

Η Μάσκα..

Μέσα από μια Μάσκα σας μιλώ..
Ο Βασιλέας της Ασίνης είμαι γώ..
Με ένα κινητό απ’ το χρόνο τον παλιό..
Ζω στου Μπαρμπούνα το βουνό..

Καράβια με ναύτες  λιοντάρια  ξαμολώ..
Τα πέλαα με τ’ άγρια κύματα κατακτώ..
Απάνεμα λιμάνια αφήνω Ναύπλιο ‘Ιρια ΑσίνηΤολό..
Πλέω σε Κύθηρα Κρήτη Κάρπαθο Ρόδο Τροία Λεμεσό..

Τ’ αμπάρια μου γεμάτα λάδι και καρπό..
Εργαλεία από ατόφιο σίδερο και ξύλο γερό..
Ανταλλάσσω με τους μεσόγειους λαούς..
Και πλούσια αναθήματα κομίζω στους ναούς..

Πόλεμος ή πολιτισμός;..
Τήλεκλος ή Φείδων;..
Σπάρτη  πολεμόχαρη.. ή
Πολυδίψιο ‘Αργος;..

Απόφαση μοιραία..
Το Καστράκι αντιστάθηκε γενναία..
Λύγισε το τείχος το ισχυρό..
Στων Αργείων το μένος το εκδικητικό..

Μέσα από τη Μάσκα μιλάω τώρα στο κινητό..
Με τον Γ. το Σεφέρη και τον O. Ελύτη τον ομηρικό..
Που έγραψαν θαυμάσιο στιχουργικό..
Και με βλέπουνε στις ρίμες τους οι επισκέπτες του Τολό..

Ασίνη, Καστράκι 26/08/2018
Αθήνα 31/08/2018
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ΕΦΟΡEΙΑ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΑΡΓΟΛΙΔΑΣ

ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ, ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΣ & ΘΡΗΣΚΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ
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Google - English translation of the above poem
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Through a mask I speak to you ..
The King of Assin is me ..
With an old cell phone the old one ..
I live in Barbuda the mountain ..

Ships with lions sailors I know ..
Palaeus with wild waves conquers ..
Inexpensive ports leave Nafplio 'Iria Assini Tolo ..
I sail to Kythira Crete Karpathos Rhodes Troy Limassol ..

My palm full of oil and fruit.
Tools made of solid iron and wood ..
I trade with the peoples of the earth.
And rich votive offerings to the temples ..

War or Civilization? ..
Tileklos or Feides? ..
Sparta warrior .. or
Polydipsos Argos? ..

Decision fatal ..
Kastraki resisted bravely.
Bend the wall to the strongs ..
In Argos the mourning the vengeance ..

Through the mask I am now talking on the cell phone ..
With G. Seferis and O. Elytis the Homeric ..
Writing wonderful lyrics
And Tolo's visitors see me in their rhymes.
Assini, Kastraki 26/08/2018
Athens 31/08/2018