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Fortified in Loryma

John Elkington · 30 September 2014 · Leave a Comment

Useful towel
Useful towel, brandished by the Parrishes
Boats
Boats, but without the Alibaba ensign
Ditto
Ditto, such images taken for my sister Caroline to paint
View of Loryma harbour from Hellenistic fortress
Loryma harbour from fortress: Sunworld 8 in middle distance
And looking out to sea
And looking out to sea
Elaine semaphores happiness
Elaine semaphores content
A plant used as bubble wrap in days of amphorae
A semi-geodesic plant used as bubble wrap in days of amphorae

Cruised along the Loryma Peninsula to Loryma harbour, where we weighed anchor and made our way up the Hellenistic fortress that overlooks the anchorage. It is believed to have been built by the Rhodians after they resisted the siege led by Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Alexander the Great’s successor, Antigonus the One Eyed.

The idea: to stop the harbour being used again to launch an attack from the mainland. Indeed, it is extraordinary to think that this harbour hosted some 400 ships bound to attack Rhodes. The siege failed, however, and the Rhodians, having sold the left-over siege engines, decided to build the Colossus.

Interesting, though, that the giant statue of Helios would stand for only 56 years before an earthquake snapped it off at the knees.

 

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. He is currently Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.

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