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Oratory of St. Enda, Inishmoore

the ruins of the small chapel of St. Enda

Rathlin O'Birne

a view of the small low-lying island of Rathlin O'Birne

Slieve League, Donegal

a view of the cliffs of Slieve League

Brandon Creek

a picture of Brandon Creek, an strikingly narrow inlet giving access to the sea

Mount Brandon

a picture of Mount Brandon

map of 1793 with Brendan's Island to the west of the Canaries

map of west Africa and the Atlantic with Brendan's Island

Clonfert Cathedral

a view of Clonfert Cathedral, west front and south

Echo and Narcissus (Ovid, Met. 3.402-436)

Narcissus is cursed by a rejected lover (3.402-6)

Sīc hanc, sīc aliās undīs aut montibus ortās   

lūserat hīc nymphās, sīc coetūs ante virīlēs;   

inde manūs aliquis dēspectus ad aethera tollēns   

'sīc amet ipse licet, sīc nōn potiātur amātō!'    405

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Echo and Narcissus (Ovid, Met. 3.339-401)

Liriope gives birth to Narcissus; Tiresias' strange prophecy (3.339-50)

Ille per Āoniās fāmā celeberrimus urbēs 

inreprehēnsa dabat populō respōnsa petentī;     340

prīma fidē vōcisque ratae temptāmina sūmpsit  

caerula Līriopē, quam quondam flūmine curvō   

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Tiresias (Met. 3.316-338

3.316-23: Jupiter wonders who gets more pleasure out of sex

Dumque ea per terrās fātālī lēge geruntur            

tūtaque bis genitī sunt incūnābula Bacchī,            

forte Iovem memorant diffūsum nectare cūrās  

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