Kazantzakis wrote:
"Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.”
My question is about the cultural meaning of "undo your belt".
Tradtionally, do Greek men take OFF their belts before they fight, or look for a fight ?? If so, do they do this because your belt can give a place to your opponent where he can grab and hold on to you so you cannot spin away?
Or is there a specifically sexual meaning here - you "undo" your belt because you are specifcally looking for "trouble" with a woman?
What is the meaning "undo your belt" within the context of Greek culture?