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alexander stefanatos


Premium (Pro), thessaloniki

The Gate of Ades

Greece
Acheron river

Acheron river is located in the region of Hepirus, northwest Greece and it flows into the Ionian Sea. It is a river very much mentioned by the ancient greem historians as the river of "woe", of Ades the underworld where reigned in absolute powerPluto,one of Zeus brothers. Homer says that the newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron river by Haron, Ades security guard, who was also tipped for that by the dead relatives, till was safely guided to the entrance of the underworld. The Roman poet Virgil called it the river of Tartarus, another name of Ades and Dante in his" Inferno" mentions the souls also being ferried through Acheron to hell...
Yet contemporary Acheron is a very picturesque river in a very pretty countryside frquently visited for peaceful navigation and mainly for fishing.
Despite its morbid past nobady mentioned to have come across Haron yet!...

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APN NIKON D800
Objectif 28.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
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Temps de pose 1/320
Focale 28.0 mm
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