Athena My Love

The Gods, and Goddesses, namely, the Olympians, had never been crazy. Only humans can credit themselves with insanity and gore. Most of what is recounted in this book began — continued — when Patrick moved to Greece to find Goddess Athena for M, who had been writing about her for a number of months as his sought-after love. Patrick and M had parted ways at that juncture, but only to find themselves closer than before, as Athena and later Anthi presented two beautiful flames, one divine and one human, although M considered Anthi heavenly. Both previous books, Greece Is My Anthi, and Anthi and M Around Greece, are required reading before Athena My Love, especially that M also wrote most of the latter, remaining, at least aesthetically, a more versatile poet and writer than Patrick. Nonetheless, Patrick’s love for Athena could only swell, with a Greek Goddess by his side. While her immortality is not contagious, her love made his life much more bearable. This book includes a novella, short stories (mostly fiction and some nonfiction), as well as poetry (sonnets, alexandrines, acrostics, and several other forms).