Athens Descent Page 43

The Acharnian Road
Under the graffiti-covered shutters, a man in a white shirt digs through tables of second-hand clothes. Along the pedestrian street, people drift past: a man in maroon, a man in a straw hat gliding on a scooter, a man with a blue plastic bag. A brown sign marks the ancient road to Acharnes and the tombs that once lined it, now buried under the modern street. On a marble ledge nearby, a long-haired man sits barefoot, his shoes beside him. He looks as if he too has walked a very long way.