Som en av de siste kronene på OL-verket, har Marousi bydel pakket utallige forlatte byggeplasser inn i svart plast. Etter at jeg tok dette bildet kom snuten glidende bort for å se på passet mitt og forklare at det ikke var greit å fotografere i området rundt OL-landsbyen.

Here they go again,
The Yanks in their armoured parade
Chanting their ballads of joy
As they gallop across the big world
Praising America's God.

The gutters are clogged with the dead
The ones who couldn't join in
The others refusing to sing
The ones who are losing their voice
The ones who've forgotten the tune.

The riders have whips which cut.
Your head rolls onto the sand
Your head is a pool in the dirt
Your head is a stain in the dust
Your eyes have gone out and your nose
Sniffs only the pong of the dead
And all the dead air is alive
With the smell of America's God.

>> Harold Pinter

Kond Adad-Nararis av Assyrias hattemaker var en av Levantens fremste artigfanter.