Leander was in love with Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, and swam, every night, across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero placed a lamp in her window to guide him safely to her side, for she was also in love with him. One night, a furious storm raged and blew out the lamp that shone from Hero's window. With the guiding light extinguished, Leander lost his way. The stormy sea threw his exhausted body onto the rocks below Hero's clifftop home. At first light, Hero saw the lifeless body of her lover Leander laying on the rocks below her window and jumped to her death to be with him forever.
Monday 21 May 2007
Hero and Leander
Leander was in love with Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, and swam, every night, across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero placed a lamp in her window to guide him safely to her side, for she was also in love with him. One night, a furious storm raged and blew out the lamp that shone from Hero's window. With the guiding light extinguished, Leander lost his way. The stormy sea threw his exhausted body onto the rocks below Hero's clifftop home. At first light, Hero saw the lifeless body of her lover Leander laying on the rocks below her window and jumped to her death to be with him forever.
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Note to self:
always keep the light on, especially if its stormy.
they look like linocuts those pictures. splendid.
1569it is a linocut
oh! no wonder they look like linocuts!
whats with the 1569?
Jane - that picture is beautiful -I'd like to dive into it
typo...half my password...
thank you anon
I dreamt of linocuts last night.
naturally, it was of a fish.
last one was of a bird.
I was wiping snot from the nose of someone elses baby....earrrghhhhh
oh, how foul for you.
of what could that be a metaphor i wonder.
btw, I call everybody stinky...fancy that.
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