Ajourney through the literatures of Europe. 10: Greece. Julian Evans arrives in Athens, a city built - physically and culturally- in the shadow of the Acropolis. The land of Homer has a great narrative tradition but the novel, a relative newcomerto Greece, has struggled to get a foothold in the country's literary consciousness. After centuries teetering on the boundary of East and West, how has the novel developed in the cradle of western civilisation? Julian asks modern
Greek novelists and meets some old friends in the form of Byron and Cervantes.