by Rebecca Buchanan
To Naukratis they came
Gift of a dark-eyed Pharaoh
Fertile land between green river and blue sea
To Naukratis they came
From the mountains and valleys and islands of Hellas
Samians and Milesians and Arkadians
Eginetans and Ithacans and Thracians
Carrying the fires of their homes
To Naukratis they came
To the temple of Hestia
Where flame was joined with flame
Hearth for a new home
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