Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx the Peloponnesus, in an inlet still visible on the Cape Matapan. In front of the gates is Cerberus, a three-headed dog, who guards the entrance of the gate and frightens all the potential souls who enter into Hades. The soul in the boat ultimately chooses his destiny by looking toward Hell and ignoring the angel on the river-bank in Paradise that beckons him to the more difficult path to Heaven. Patinier utilised a "Weltlandschaft" ("world landscape") composition with a three-colour scheme typical of his work, moving from brown in the foreground, to bluish-green, to pale blue in the background). This
The Three Gates The Three Gates The Three Gates ("Les trois portes" : The Time Runaways #01) is a novel by Philippe Ebly published in France in 1977. Looking for a shelter in a stormy night, two young trekkers, Thierry and Didier stop by a cosy inn which was supposed to be unfriendly. Thierry lies unashamedly to the owner, pretending that they have booked a room. The con works, much to the surprise of Didier. The morning after, back on the road, the two boys realized that they are no more on the map, and that the milestones have vanished. There are no