Re: Argives in New Haven

Varnalis lived from 1884-1974 and fought in the second Balkan War. As a Communist he joined the EAM resistance to the Germans in the '40s; and during his last years he no doubt abhorred the Colonels. I couldn't find a date for the poem and imagine it at home in a number of historical moments. 
OC

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Baffled by modern Greek, I searched for the meaning and context of this stirring poem and now have the gist of it. Was it written during the German occupation? It would be equally fitting for the second destruction of Greece by the Germans under the disguise of the EU, though this time I doubt that the slaves will respond to the sound of trumpets in the mountains.

It's very sad to find that Google Translate thinks that Αργείος means 'fish'.

RH