Simonides was from an island, Keos, so barren and stem that male citizens were expected to drink hemlock at sixty in order to make way for coming generations. |
Best of the French could be Keos with Dermot Weld's Two-Twenty-Two a strong challenger from Ireland. |
The five home acceptors are Keos, Field of Hope, Seltitude, Venize and Danzigaway. |