Athens Descent Page 12

Hadrian’s Reservoir
The brown sign promises the façade of Hadrian’s Reservoir, but football fans got to it first and covered it with green Panathinaikos stickers. A couple stroll beneath it hand in hand, carrying their shopping home. In the corner of the square stands the poet Odysseas Elytis, cast in bronze, hands at his sides. He looks like he has stepped out for some air and forgotten to go back inside. Next to him, a city sign politely asks dog owners to clean up, and a sticker dog sniffs at the edge of it.