When the Gods Come Home to Roost

“Some may judge this kinky—reading Greek tragedy, bilingually, to a swooning lover in the act delectable—“kinky”, from the Greek kikein, disorder, confusion. But George saw it as the height of refined carnality, combining the lust of Aphrodite with the rational parsing of Apollo, female and male—with a touch of gladiating Mars—what could be more deeply cosmic—as in kosmikos?”