Venus Envy

"Everyone here is either Greek or press, said guest number one.

"Everyone except Jerry Zipkin," said guest number two.

"Deep down he's both," said guest number three.

The party: a cocktail reception given at the Metropolitan Club in New York by archaeologist Iris Love and investologist Alexander Papamarkou to celebrate the publication of The Venus Syndrome: AFour-Step Plan for Improving the Bottom-Heavy Figure, by Eugenia Chandris of the Greek shipping family.

The Greeks: King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Goulandris, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Athanassiades, Mr. and Mrs. George Coumantaros, "the other'' George Livanos, and Lita Livanos, wife of the George Livanos.

The press: Liz Smith, James Brady, Charlotte Curtis, Mort Zuckerman, and Ann Getty, whose Grove Press is planning to revive Evergreen Review.

B.C.