Familiar Spirits
EW contributors to radio sessions pique one’s curiosity. Who, for example, is Alan Ruffell, at present giving an interesting series of talks on "The Greek Way of Life’ over 3YC? Is he one to come into view-for a moment, only to dive down again into the depths of anonymity? I hope not, for although the Greeks are our familiar spirits, haunting both literature and everyday language, without special study there is much we do not know about them. Some of these gaps in our knowledge have (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) been filled in very well by Mr. Ruffell. Not being a specialist myself, nor believing in specialisation, I was particularly interested in his statement that the emphasis of the Olympic Games on the perfecting of one skill at the expense of others would have been ana-
thema. to the Greeks.
Westcliff
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 793, 1 October 1954, Page 10
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147Familiar Spirits New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 793, 1 October 1954, Page 10
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