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June 1955 Issue
June 1955 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Albert Einstein: Appraisal of an Intellect
    George R. Harrison
  • Introduction
    Lincoln Macveagh
  • The Modern Greeks: An Interpretation of National Characteristics
    George Theotokas
  • Before the First Coming
    Takis Papatzonis
  • In the Greek Islands: A Marine - Agrarian Culture
    Andreas Karandonis
  • The Return of Odysseus: Excerpts From a Modern Sequel to Homer's Odyssey
    Nikos Kazantzakis

Dorothy Defontaine

June 1955 Issue

Dorothy deFontaine

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