By — Margaret Myers Margaret Myers Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/greek-poets-muse-austerity-measures-well-hawk-the-parthenon-to-buy-our-bread Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ Poetry Dec 25, 2012 8:37 AM EDT We examine the Greek economic crisis from a different angle — from the perspective of poets, and through the prism of history, modern and ancient. Jeffrey Brown talks to poet and classicist A.E. Stallings, a resident of Athens for more than a decade, and poet Titos Patrikios, who has seen other dark times in Greek history. Read the full transcript here. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Margaret Myers Margaret Myers Margaret Myers is the former Digital News Editor for PBS NewsHour. She is a former editor for ESPN.com. She also led the features department at the Amarillo Globe-News in west Texas. @margaretvm
We examine the Greek economic crisis from a different angle — from the perspective of poets, and through the prism of history, modern and ancient. Jeffrey Brown talks to poet and classicist A.E. Stallings, a resident of Athens for more than a decade, and poet Titos Patrikios, who has seen other dark times in Greek history. Read the full transcript here. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now