Athens Descent Page 09

Deinokratous Street
The old woman with the plastic bag turns the corner, her flowered skirt swinging past the tagged shutters. Further on, a woman in black walks right down the middle of the street, ignoring the cars. A blue sign on the wall names the street after Deinokratous, the architect who drew cities for Alexander the Great. Today it is just a slope full of parked cars under the trees. A girl in a white dress crosses without looking, while a couple drag a pink suitcase uphill, still searching for their apartment.