under the shade of an apple tree."
and utterly conceited in your intelligence.
By Zeus, do you know how to bring owls to Athens!
Your argument reveals nothing new.
but, unlike Icarus, not one of them ever flew away.
I will awaken you with a barrage of apples!"
“Timon kai Neuton” copyright Christopher Kontonikolis. By arrangement with the author. Translation copyright 2011 by Andrew Barrett. All rights reserved.