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'Of Achilles, at the Sun mantle of his mother Thetis beyond the river Styx'

'Of Achilles, at the Sun mantle of his mother Thetis beyond the river Styx'

...from the myth we mortals tell, the goddess Thetis, lifting Hand high to bath her only son Achilles within the sacred ambrosia oils to then thrust him into the ceaseless Sun’s flames - burning lifelessness into Achilles’ mortality,

...or perhaps, ...

... a Baptismal She endowed upon him within the guardian River Styx that swept apart the Living from the Dead.

 

Of either mythology Thetis left only one imminent weakness,

Achilles’ eternal survival imbued to the service of a dominant vulnerability. Clutched by the Hand of Thetis’ Love, his ankle firmly concealed from the gift of Deathlessness ...

 

In this work, we see Achilles' view from his birth - or into his death,

looking out to the Hearth of the Sun across the river Styx                as the many Souls of his labors gaze mortally on - and away. Lost souls in search of a guidance or remediation.

244cm (8 ft) wide 122 cm (4 ft) high Acrylics on heavy stretched canvas w/frame. Can be shipped as roll if requested. (NO stretcher frame included. Will need re-stretched at final destination.)

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