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With some trepidation the poets plead to their sea. Their only hope is that the sea—the thalassa—offers a lesson. This expectation exudes a sense of liturgy and sacrifice. Not unlike a presbyter, the poet’s ritual seeks to mediate the world with the myriad singular experiences that make it.
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Baldacchino, J. (2013). Thalassic Lessons. In: Baldacchino, J., Vella, R. (eds) Mediterranean Art and Education. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-461-1_7
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