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“Greek, the language they gave me”… and I am not going to lose it

Nobody is foreigner here in Calimera. So says the engraving of the fourth-century marble stele donated by the city of Athens to Calimera (Lecce). From 1960 it has been housed in municipal park of Calimera, in a shrine that over time has become a symbol of hospitality and fraternity.

“I see here an excellent track record in Classical and Byzantine philology. And some research on modern Greek linguistics. Listen to me, keep up the good work on the former and ditch the latter: studying the margins will not do much to your career”. I was a young scholar trying to carve a space for… Continue reading “Greek, the language they gave me”… and I am not going to lose it