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Refugees and migrants reach the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
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Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
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Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
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Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 29 September 2015
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A family arrives at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey with boat: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
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Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
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Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015 ![]()
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015 ![]()
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
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Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Light, angelic and black
breaks through slate cloud
.......over a cold sea
rock'd with autumn's coming
Lesvos
A woman embraces her child arriving to #Lesvos photo by AFP/ @ArisMessinis: image via dromografos @dromografos, 30 September 2015
George Seferis: from 'Thrush'
Light, angelic and black,
laughter of waves on the sea’s highways
tear-stained laughter,
the old suppliant sees you
as he moves to cross the invisible fields --
light mirrored in his blood,
the blood that gave birth to Eteocles and Polynices.
Day, angelic and black;
the brackish taste of woman that poisons the prisoner
emerges from the wave a cool branch adorned with drops.
Sing little Antigone, sing, O sing. . .
I’m not speaking to you about things past, I’m speaking about love;
adorn your hair with the sun’s thorns,
dark girl;
the heart of the Scorpion has set,
the tyrant in man has fled,
and all the daughters of the sea, Nereids, Graeae,
hurry toward the shimmering of the rising goddess:
whoever has never loved will love,
in the light;
and you find yourself
in a large house with many windows open
running from room to room, not knowing from where to look out first,
because the pine trees will vanish, and the mirrored mountains, and the chirping of birds
the sea will empty, shattered glass, from north and south
your eyes will empty of the light of day
the way the cicadas all together suddenly fall silent.
Το φως
Αγγελικό και μαύρο, φως,
γέλιο των κυμάτων στις δημοσιές του πόντου,
δακρυσμένο γέλιο,
σε βλέπει ο γέροντας ικέτης
πηγαίνοντας να δρασκελίσει τις αόρατες πλάκες
καθρεφτισμένο στο αίμα του
που γέννησε τον Ετεοκλή και τον Πολυνείκη.
Αγγελική και μαύρη, μέρα·
η γλυφή γέψη της γυναίκας που φαρμακώνει το φυλακισμένο
βγαίνει απ'το κύμα δροσερό κλωνάρι στολισμένο στάλες.
Τραγούδησε μικρή Αντιγόνη, τραγούδησε, τραγούδησε ...
δε σου μιλώ για περασμένα, μιλώ για την αγάπη·
στόλισε τα μαλλιά σου με τ'αγκάθια του ήλιου,
σκοτεινή κοπέλα·
η καρδιά του Σκορπιού βασίλεψε,
ο τύραννος μέσα απ'τον άνθρωπο έχει φύγει,
κι όλες οι κόρες του πόντου, Νηρηίδες, Γραίες
τρέχουν στα λαμπυρίσματα της αναδυομένης·
όποιος ποτέ του δεν αγάπησε θ'αγαπήσει,
στο φως· και είσαι
σ'ένα μεγάλο σπίτι με πολλά παράθυρα ανοιχτά
τρέχοντας από κάμαρα σε κάμαρα, δεν ξέροντας από πού να κοιτάξεις πρώτα,
γιατί θα φύγουν τα πεύκα και τα καθρεφτισμένα βουνά και το τιτίβισμα των πουλιών
θ'αδειάσει η θάλασσα, θρυμματισμένο γυαλί, από βοριά και νότο
θ'αδειάσουν τα μάτια σου απ'το φως της μέρας
πως σταματούν ξαφνικά κι όλα μαζί τα τζιτζίκια.
.............................................................Πόρος, "Γαλήνη,” 31 του Οχτώβρη 1946
The Light
Angelic and black, light,
laugh of the waves on the highways of the sea,
tearful laugh,
the old beggar sees you
going to stretch out on the invisible cobblestones
reflected in his blood
that bore Eteokles and Polyneices.
Angelic and black, day;
the brackish taste of the woman who poisoned the prisoner
out of the wave comes a dewy branch festooned with water droplets.
Sing little Antigone, sing, sing …
I won’t speak to you of the past, I speak of love;
adorn your hair with the thorns of the sun,
dark girl;
the heart of the Scorpion has set,
the tyrant within man has left,
and all the daughters of the sea, Nereids, Graiai
run into the sparkles of the setting sun;
whoever has never loved will love,
in the light; and you are
in a large house with many open windows
running from room to room, not knowing where to look first,
because the pines and the reflected mountains and the chirping of the birds
will all be gone
the sea will empty, a cracked mirror, from north and south
your eyes will empty of daylight
when suddenly and all together the cicadas fall silent.
George Seferis (1900-1971): ’Thrush' , part III: The Light, (excerpt), Poros, 1946, translation as given by Jennifer Kellogg in George Seferis and Homer's Light
Αγγελικό και μαύρο, φως,
γέλιο των κυμάτων στις δημοσιές του πόντου,
δακρυσμένο γέλιο,
σε βλέπει ο γέροντας ικέτης
πηγαίνοντας να δρασκελίσει τις αόρατες πλάκες
καθρεφτισμένο στο αίμα του
που γέννησε τον Ετεοκλή και τον Πολυνείκη.
Αγγελική και μαύρη, μέρα·
η γλυφή γέψη της γυναίκας που φαρμακώνει το φυλακισμένο
βγαίνει απ'το κύμα δροσερό κλωνάρι στολισμένο στάλες.
Τραγούδησε μικρή Αντιγόνη, τραγούδησε, τραγούδησε ...
δε σου μιλώ για περασμένα, μιλώ για την αγάπη·
στόλισε τα μαλλιά σου με τ'αγκάθια του ήλιου,
σκοτεινή κοπέλα·
η καρδιά του Σκορπιού βασίλεψε,
ο τύραννος μέσα απ'τον άνθρωπο έχει φύγει,
κι όλες οι κόρες του πόντου, Νηρηίδες, Γραίες
τρέχουν στα λαμπυρίσματα της αναδυομένης·
όποιος ποτέ του δεν αγάπησε θ'αγαπήσει,
στο φως· και είσαι
σ'ένα μεγάλο σπίτι με πολλά παράθυρα ανοιχτά
τρέχοντας από κάμαρα σε κάμαρα, δεν ξέροντας από πού να κοιτάξεις πρώτα,
γιατί θα φύγουν τα πεύκα και τα καθρεφτισμένα βουνά και το τιτίβισμα των πουλιών
θ'αδειάσει η θάλασσα, θρυμματισμένο γυαλί, από βοριά και νότο
θ'αδειάσουν τα μάτια σου απ'το φως της μέρας
πως σταματούν ξαφνικά κι όλα μαζί τα τζιτζίκια.
.............................................................Πόρος, "Γαλήνη,” 31 του Οχτώβρη 1946
The Light
Angelic and black, light,
laugh of the waves on the highways of the sea,
tearful laugh,
the old beggar sees you
going to stretch out on the invisible cobblestones
reflected in his blood
that bore Eteokles and Polyneices.
Angelic and black, day;
the brackish taste of the woman who poisoned the prisoner
out of the wave comes a dewy branch festooned with water droplets.
Sing little Antigone, sing, sing …
I won’t speak to you of the past, I speak of love;
adorn your hair with the thorns of the sun,
dark girl;
the heart of the Scorpion has set,
the tyrant within man has left,
and all the daughters of the sea, Nereids, Graiai
run into the sparkles of the setting sun;
whoever has never loved will love,
in the light; and you are
in a large house with many open windows
running from room to room, not knowing where to look first,
because the pines and the reflected mountains and the chirping of the birds
will all be gone
the sea will empty, a cracked mirror, from north and south
your eyes will empty of daylight
when suddenly and all together the cicadas fall silent.
George Seferis (1900-1971): ’Thrush' , part III: The Light, (excerpt), Poros, 1946, translation as given by Jennifer Kellogg in George Seferis and Homer's Light
Refugees on Lesvos: photo via Greek Reporter, 1 October 2015
Refugee Arrivals in Lesvos to Reach New Heights in October, After Record-Breaking September: A. Makris, Greek Reporter, 1 October 2015
Greek authorities warned that the arrivals of refugees and migrants in Lesvos, the island which has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis and where numbers reached new records in September, has still not peaked.
According to new data released by police, authorities in Lesvos recorded 73,179 arrivals in September alone, raising the total number from the start of the year to a whopping 186,720 –- a number equivalent to almost three times the number of residents on the island.
About 300,000 people have crossed into Greece since the start of 2015 and Lesvos has accepted the majority of these arrivals, they said.
A senior Coast Guard official told local radio station Aegean that October is the month when most arrivals have been recorded in the past few years and data so far show this “rule” will be verified this year. The same official said the deterioration of the situation in Syria and Afghanistan means that the waves of migration will continue undeterred.
October, authorities say, is the last month when refugees and migrants can cross the Aegean relatively safely before winter sets in, which means that hundreds of people presently staying in camps and streets in coastal Turkey will attempt to travel now.
Other officials said that in the last few days, 3,000 people arrive daily mostly to the northern shores of the swamped island, even during the downpours, while last Friday, authorities recorded a record-breaking 5,810 arrivals of refugees and migrants on the island in just 24 hours.
(source: ana-mpa)
Refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 2 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 October 2015
Refugees and migrants reach the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants reach the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants reach the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants reach the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants reach the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 30 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 29 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 29 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 29 September 2015
A family arrives at the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey with boat: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive with boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 28 September 2015