Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes Henry Miller's The Colossus of
Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of
prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite as
his favorite began with a young woman's seductive description of Greece. Miller headed out with
his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside: a flock of sheep nearly
tramples the two as they lie naked on a beach the Greek poet Katsmbalis the colossus of
Miller's book stirs every rooster within earshot of the Acropolis with his own loud crowing
cold hard-boiled eggs are warmed in a village's single stove and they stay in hotels that have
seen better days but which have an aroma of the past.
