THE TRANSLATION: In 1959, the Greek archaeologist Sotirios Dakaris discovered the site of the Oracle of the Dead, the Nekyomanteion, where Odysseus spoke with the ghost of Tiresias. Now it seems possible that every proof of this discovery could also be proof of a well fortified farmhouse. The vaulted underground chamber could have been a cistern; the hallucinogenic lupine seeds could have been converted to a dietary staple by boiling them in water; any prosperous household might have kept such clay images of Persephone.

IASION: A TRAGEDY
By Amy England
Illustrated by Mary Olson
Beard of Bees