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Styx and Stones
The Pantheon · Stop No. 97

Styx and Stones

Can't break what's already crossed.
Era
Mythic antiquity
Provenance
The River Styx, lower crossing
Medium
Ink on cotton
Edition
Open edition

An oar rests beside stepping stones in a river that requires neither. Words, the composition suggests, stopped hurting somewhere around the far bank. The ferryman was not consulted about the stones and remains bitter about the lost fares.

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