Waiting for the Barbarians
Περιμένοντας τους Βαρβάρους
What if they don’t come?
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Waiting for the Barbarians
In a city - evoking, without specificity, a city of the Roman Empire - the poem depicts a state of waiting: the arrival of the ‘Barbarians’ has been announced. The city holds its breath in anticipation… But who, exactly, are these “Barbarians”? And what if they do not come?
