What to do when you're caught in a tight spot? Just wander to the sea-swept shore where a goddess will teach you how to hold tight to Proteus, that changing man of rip-tide wisdom and surprises who will startle you into the generous wisdom you somehow forgot you always knew.
The image above is a 12th-century game piece from Northern France depicting Menaleus and his sailors struggling with Proteus.
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