The Amaranth No. 10

Abstract

In the Fall of 1965 Ezra Pound visited Greece for the first time and last time and was entertained, together with his companion Olga Rudge, by George and Maro Seferis in Athens. Pound was still going at that time through his "great silence" period and did not speak at all during the dinner which was offered at the Seferis home-- he only broke his silence once to name the breed of a dog that suddenly became the object of conversation (such is the power of names!)