barrel-shaped jug of bichrome V ware; decorated with geometric and floral painted motifs and a female figure holding a bird in each hand, Cypro-Archaic II period (600-475 BC), unknown provenance

12.8.21 Marion/Arsinoe.

At the crossroad for Drouseia, Mrs Eugenia keeps a kiosk where she sells sandwiches. She was born in the wilderness of Akamas and was raised in a cave. She knows all the herbs and countless natural remedies. She always has joy in her and a good word to say, despite the difficulties she has encountered in her life. She has a vibrant energy. Whenever I meet her, I think that this is what the women who lived in the area would have been like. The woman holding the two birds, depicted on the clay vessel, reminds me of her.

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