Achill
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Achilles Zsolti
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achilles
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Looking across the Atlantic from the rocky coast of Achill Island in the west of Ireland. A message of sadness and hope. How many people through the years have gazed upon this scene and been inspired to escape from hard times at home towards a better life in the New World?
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Being pushed off my feet and inbetween squalls of rain and blown seawater I got out of the car and looked along the coast of Achill Island on Irelands west coast. Though not a particularly stormy day for December it was freezing without gloves. The salt in the air was refreshing and the act of taking a photograph though a little difficult was rewarding interaction with this most vibrant and exciting landscape. I love it. Taken in December 2006.
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This image is centered on the Greek and Roman Mythic hero Achilles. He was well known all over myth, in one place dipped completely but for his heel into the river Styx by his mother to protect him from death, thus the phrase “Achilles Heel” or “failing point”. In the Iliad, he lead the Trojans to victory during the Trojan War. Achilles is so intrinsic to Greek and Roman Mythology, that it wouldn’t be Greek and Roman Mythology without him… Incidentally, in the Iliad, there is no whinier “hero” than Achilles, who is all but ready to leave his comrades and sail home in a snit love until his pederastic* lover Patroclus was mistaken for him in battle and slain. When this happened, Achilles went unstable and the rest, as they say, is ancient Greek history. *a relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside of his immediate family. It referred to erotic love between an adolescent and an adult male. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman. / From the combination of pais (Greek for ‘boy’) and erastēs (Greek for ‘lover’). For more on this, request I send you a copy of my 24 page treatise on the Iliad, Achilles, and homosexuality in Greek mythology. For those of you who can tolerate more than a paragraph at a time, it’s actually quite fascinating.
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Ovine View
by A90SixAdd A90Six to your WatchList! BLACK & WHITE | BUILDINGS & ARCHITECTURE | FLOWERS | IRELAND | LONDON | MALLORCA | PLAYING with PICTURES | RED BEST VIEWED AS A MEDIUM SIZED FRAMED PRINT ON YOUR SITTING ROOM WALL! A sheep on Achill Island looks out across the Atlantic Ocean. More likely, she was looking for another suitable clump of grass to munch. The brightly painted markings help to identify the sheep for ownership, vacination, etc. /
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ACEO, 2.5×3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008. / A portrait of Achilles, a hero of the Trojan war. He was the son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons. His friend/lover Patroclus was killed by Hector and Achilles revenged himself by kiling Hector and desecrating his body. He was later killed when Hector’s brother Paris shot him with an arrow in the heel.
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September 2008
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Achill Island, Co. Mayo Ireland September 2008
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Sheep on the cliffs of Achill Island, Co. Mayo Ireland, September 2008.
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Pastel on acid free foam core board prepared with Art Spectrum sanded medium in rust. 10×10”. From a reference photo I took in September 08, in County Mayo Ireland.
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Autumn arrives in Ireland.
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Moments before the October rain hit Keel beach on Achill Island.
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Keel beach, Achill Island, Mayo, Co Ireland. This image was taken on a toy fisheye camera and digitally edited. / Please select a black backing for this card.
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of Achilles and Patroklos In Greek mythology, The Elysian Fields were the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. lilies reference by moonchilde-stock / temple by Amor-Fati-Stock
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Waves crashing on the beach at Achill Island, Co Mayo in the West of Ireland.
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This is the so called Deserted Village at Slievemore on Achill Island, Co Mayo. The ‘village’ consists of the ruins of two rows of stone houses and a tiny church. It has fantastic views over the Atlantic ocean, but the conditions are extremely harsh – I’d hate to have to grow anything in the wind and rain on the slopes of the mountain. And in fact, whoever once tried eventually gave up. It is so long ago that the inhabitants left that noone even remembers the name of the place. Only sheep and passing tourists can be found there now. / I recommend a black backing for this card.
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A shot from the Sevens in George last December.
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*For Affordable Canvas Prints please click here FEATURED in First Things April ‘09 with thanks I found this wonderful old croft house on Achill Island (pronounced /ˈækəl/; Irish: Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo. This is the largest island of Ireland, and is situated off the west coast. It has a population of 2,700. Its area is 148 km² (57 mi²). It’s gorgeous. It is believed that at the end of the Neolithic Period (around 4000 BCE), Achill had a population of 500–1,000 people. Mostly forested until the Neolithic people began crop cultivation; settlement increased during the Iron Age, and the dispersal of small forts around the coast indicate the warlike nature of the times. Today the economy of the island is largely dependent on tourism; agriculture plays a small role and is only profitable because of European Union subsidies. As the island is mostly bog agriculture is limited largely to sheep farming. / Canon EOS 400D 18-55mm lens.
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*For Affordable Canvas Prints please click here FEATURED in First Things, April ‘09 with thanks. Keem Bay on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland; this herd of sheep ran to greet us, seemingly expecting food. / Canon EOS 400D 18-55mm lens.
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FEATURED in : / ‘The Woman Photographer’, April ‘09 / ‘Ireland’, April ‘09 / ‘Happy Haven Photography’, June ‘09 / With many thanks. Returning from my first ever vist to Keem Bay on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland; this herd of sheep ran to greet us, seemingly expecting food. This is the shot I took on the way back down the mountain as the light was fading and below is the one I took on the way up. We saw the farmer a little further on with bags of feed in front of his tractor on his way up so they weren’t to be disappointed. Very curious and brave they approached in roaring wind and it was all I could do to keep my camera arm still as it blew. Canon EOS 400D 18-55mm lens
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The high point at Minuan on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland as sun was setting. A fierce wind was buffing my whole body. It was a fantastic sight and one of many beautiful sunsets. / Canon EOS 400D 18-55mm lens. FEATURED in: / ‘Going Coastal’ April ‘09 / ‘Canon Digital SLR’ April ‘09 / ‘My Magic Place’, May ‘09 / ‘The Beauty of The European Waters’, June ‘09 / with many thanks
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Beautiful county Mayo landscape near the town of Mulrany Please visit my websites Beautiful Photos of Ireland and Beautiful County Clare Photos
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Coastline view on Achill Island located off County Mayo Please visit my websites Beautiful Photos of Ireland and Beautiful County Clare Photos
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Maybe you wont see the fearless gaze of Achilles looking back at you when you look at this rust from St Abbs harbour, but then again maybe you will. /
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