pherephatta

Updated: May 12, 2025

I am sorry, Philip, that you are not familiar with ancient Greek life. There is so much I could tell you of, in that event, of the quaint cult of Kore, or Pherephatta, and of the swine of Eubouleus, and of certain ambiguous maidens, whom those old Grecians fabled oh, very ignorantly fabled, my lad, of course to rule in a more quietly lit and more tranquil world than we blunder about.

James Branch Cabell - The Certain Hour