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No, I don't know, whether Achilles in Trojan War times used white or rather less common pink Yarrow to treat his soldiers. The story is that he used our plant to staunch bleeding.
Indeed they're mostly white on these banks of the Meuse River, but I did see a nice patch of pink.
I had a fantastic day on the beach yesterday, watching waterfalls be swept upwards, getting drenched by rain and hail showers, and being battered by wind and sun. I love days like that, changing every second. This is just after one of those hail showers when the sun streamed under the clouds. My Achilles will always be days on the beach, I can never resist. Achilles is by The Dead South
It is said Yarrow's Latin name comes from the story that the great Greek hero Achilles used it to help heal his wounds. Of course, it didn't help the heel wound caused by a poisoned arrow shot off by Paris. It killed him...
Here a flower umbel is offering sustenance to a small Potter Wasp, identified by Bernhard Jacobi as an Ancistrocerus. Many thanks!
I took this photo twenty minutes ago at Loch Hosta where I'm staying on North Uist. It was just a. beautiful soft sky and as there was hardly a. ripple on the loch I couldn't resist my Achilles heel of taking reflections. It was wonderful standing there as Snipe drummed corncrakes raspingly called and a short eared owl gracefully hunted nearby. All in all an idyllic start to another Hebridean day. Achilles is by The Dead South
Yarrow (Achillea) is a genus of about 85 flowering plants in the Asteraceae family (Compositae).
Because the stems are branched only at the tip, the small flowers appear as if arranged in umbels. The inflorescence is a cluster of heads. The leaves are aromatic and often hairy, reminiscent of fern leaves.
The genus is named after the Greek hero Achilles. He is said to have used this plant to heal a wound in the Trojan War.
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A heavily modified variant of the Hādosheru. This big guy isn’t built for battle, but more to walk through the woods with you and admire flowers and birds. Why? I don’t know.
Frankly I much prefer the leg design on this than the original, it’s a lot easier to pose and more identifiable as a leg in my opinion.
King Priam of Troy (represented by Werner) tries to persuade Achilles (represented by a plaster cast of Antinous) to return the desecrated body of his son, Hector, by appealing to the gods, to Achilles' humanity, by making himself vulnerable and by bringing some gifts. Homer's Iliad has still something important to say. Leica M mono plus Elmar 2.8/50 at F8.
To prevent his death, his mother Thetis took Achilles to the River Styx, which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water; however, as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river. (Wikipedia)
1789
Thomas Banks
White Sicilian Marble
British Musem Exhibition Troy:Myth and Reality
On loan from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
68023 'Achilles' runs through the outskirts of Huddersfield with TPE's 1E23 0627 Manchester Piccadilly to Scarborough service.
With due acknowledgement to TC for the location.
13th March 2020
Spencer Finch’s light installation 'Shield of Achilles'. Being the final exhibit in the British Museum exhibition 'Troy: Myth and Reality', it is passed without a glance by most visitors, following two hours of queuing, shuffling and craning.
68023 'Achilles' heads through the cutting at Paddock as the sun rises. 1E23 06.27 Manchester Piccadilly to Scarborough.
The Achilles blue morpho (Morpho achilles) is one of the 29 accepted species and 147 subspecies under the genus Morpho.
This South American butterfly is also known as the blue-banded morpho, Achilles morpho, or banded blue morpho.
Matt black and broad blue bands distinguish this species from other morphos. The wingspan is 11 - 15 cm.
The Achilles blue morpho can be found over a huge range of countries, particularly in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
This species is restricted to rainforest habitats at altitudes between 0 - 1000 m. Males patrol back and forth along rivers and streams, searching for females. They are most active in the mornings, and spend most of the afternoon visiting sap runs, feeding at rotting fruit or sitting motionless on foliage in the darkness of the forest. Females, which are recognisable by the wider dark borders on the uppersides, are seen far less frequently.
This picture was taken in the tropical butterfly house of the botanical garden of the Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
De gestreepte blauwe morpho of Achilles morpho (Morpho achilles) is een van de 29 bekende soorten en 147 bekende ondersoorten in het geslacht Morpho.
De bovenkant van deze Zuid-Amerikaanse vlinder is mat zwart onderbroken door een brede blauwe band. De vleugelspanwijdte is 11 à 15 cm. De Achilles morpho is te vinden in een groot aantal landen, met name in Argentinië, Bolivia, Brazilië, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname en Venezuela.
De vlinder leeft in regenwouden op hoogtes tussen 0 - 1000 meter. Mannetjes patrouilleren heen en weer langs rivieren en beekjes op zoek naar vrouwtjes. Ze zijn het meest actief in de ochtenduren en brengen het grootste deel van de middag door met het bezoeken van plekken waar ze sappen kunnen drinken of rottend fruit kunnen eten. Ook zitten ze vaak roerloos tussen bladeren in het bos. Vrouwtjes, herkenbaar aan de bredere donkere randen aan de bovenzijde, worden veel minder vaak gezien.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de tropische overdekte vlindertuin van de Botanische Tuinen van de Utrechtse Universiteit.
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Achilles, the super hero of Homer's Iliad, does not really shine in Pat Barker's retelling of the story ("The Silence of the Girls"). She describes his complex psychology as amphibious and oscillating between feminine vulnerability and ultra-brutal tantrums of violence. He appears to be an overgrown baby and his needs are equally infantile. Even his appalling sex life is that of mummy's lost little boy, permanently searching for his mum, hence oedipal in nature. Time to grow up - for all the super heroes wasting humanity's time.
Pentacon 3.5/30 wide-open.
Achilles Last Stand
Led Zeppelin
Sending off a glancing kiss
To those who claim they know
Below the streets that steam and hiss
The devil's in his hole
Oh to sail away
To sandy lands and other days
Oh to touch the dream
Hides inside and never seen, yeah
Into the sun, the south, the north
At last the birds have flown
Shackles of commitments fell
In pieces on the ground
Oh, to ride the wind
To tread the air above the din
Oh, to laugh aloud
Dancing as we fought the crowd, yeah
To seek the man whose pointing hand
The giant step unfolds
To guide us from the curving path
That turns our feet to stone
If one bell should ring
In celebration for a king
So fast the heart should beat
As proud the head, with heavy feet, yeah
A shot from inside the cave at Cathedral Rock. First time shooting from in there.
The sky was non inspiring this morning, so I’ve intentionally blown the highlights to give the image a mysterious look.
Hope you like “Achilles Last Stand”
Cheers, Mike
Saddle tanks Achilles and Ajax at Historic Dockyard Chatham.
19th June 2004. More at - davebowles.smugmug.com/Railways/Industrial-and-WD-engines