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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | On their journey to Colchis the Argonauts had a number of noteworthy encounters; here we will see images of two of them. While still not quite halfway there the Argo made a stop during which Hylas a young man who had accompanied Herakles went ashore to fetch fresh water. But when he found a pool deep in the woods and leaned down to fill his containers the beautiful female nymphs who lived in the water noticed the handsome stranger and pulled him in to keep and enjoy him forever as depicted in this painting by Waterhouse 1896. His disappearance deeply affected Herakles who proclaimed that he could not go on without his friend; thus Herakles remained behind dropping out of the quest of the Argonauts. As they approached the entrance to the Black Sea the Argonauts encountered Phineus a blind prophet who was suffering the constant torment by the Harpies creatures that were part-bird and part-woman who snatched Phineus' food from him every time he tried to set out a meal the name Harpy comes from the Greek word meaning "to snatch away". ************ *****John William Waterhouse British 1849-1917 Hylas and the Nymphs The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 70 years or less. This photograph of the work is also in the public domain in the United States see Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v. Corel Corporation. | | Headline | Hylas and the Nymphs by Waterhouse | | Copyright Notice | uwm.edu for mythology illustrated in art | | URL | http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/1000/oedipus.htm | | User | Guest |
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