The Greek connection
published by the author, 1977. 52 pp.
My first book of poems. Explores Greek mythology using Australian material and classical Greek verse forms. Also, contains many love poems and poems in French and Spanish verse forms. Privately published in 1977 in an edition of 500 copies and now out of print. Some 50 copies still avalable through me. Classed and priced as a rare book, not least because it won the British Commonwealth Poetry Prize for 1978 for the best first book of poetry, in English, published in any country in the British Commonwealth of nations other than England. Out of print but available through me.
Praise for The Greek connection
"Timoshenko Aslanides, in his book The Greek connection, shows that he can write several different kinds of poems extremely well...Above all, and unusually for the writer of a first book of verse, Aslanides deals confidently with rhyme and metre. His language is free of cliches and the writing at all times shows intelligence and wit." -- Gavin Ewart, British poet and broadcaster and chair of the British Commonwealth Poetry Prize 1978 judging panel