sun island

Sun Island

Literary-philosophical journey of the

The Sailors of Odysseus

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Like Gilgamesh in Babylonian epic, Odysseus too went in search of immortality. After the War of Troy the victorious hero wandered over a tumulteous sea. During his wandering he met the female as goddesses as well as witches, who bring life and death to the mortal world.

The journey starts at the Village where Lucifer reigns

From there the sailors of Odysseus come to the Seashore

During Odysseus' wandering on the sea the sailors pass by the Sirens who sing in order to attract the sailors to land. Then they arrive on the island of the witch-goddess.


In search of love and beauty the mortal wanderers

Enter the realm of dream


After meeting the moon-goddess the journey-man falls in a perpetual sleep

Dreaming Endymion

Heaven and Earth united

Dream of Eros

In the forest he encounters the female as beauty

Bathing in the lake of eros

Muses by the lake

Goddess bathing

As the mortal passion is aroused he

Dreams to sleep with Goddess

Then encounters a hunter in himself as

Actaeon

Hunter on Horse

before he fulfills the desire by

Rape of Phoebe


As a hero of war he makes his journey as destined

Agamemnon's Journey

WANDERING ODYSSEUS


Return to the Realm of Prometheus

Literature Philosophy