THE MEDITERRANEAN, your ideal blue sea: to Greeks simply "the sea," to Hebrews "the great sea," to Romans mare nostrum. Bordered by orange trees, aloes, cactus, and maritime pine trees, perfumed with the scent of myrtle, framed by rugged mountains, saturated with clean, transparent air but continuously under construction by fires in the earth, this sea is a genuine battlefield where Neptune and Pluto still struggle for world domination.
La Méditerranée, la mer bleue par excellence, la « grande mer » des Hébreux, la « mer » des Grecs, le « mare nostrum » des Romains, bordée d'orangers, d'aloès, de cactus, de pins maritimes, embaumée du parfum des myrtes, encadrée de rudes montagnes, saturée d'un air pur et transparent, mais incessamment travaillée par les feux de la terre, est un véritable monde.