Thursday, April 30, 2009

Faventibus Ventis

Palinuro training ship, Livorno“Faventibus ventis”, the Latin for “by favourable winds”, is the motto of the tall ship “Palinuro”, named with the Italian form of the Latin Palinurus. In Roman mythology Palinurus was the helmsman of a ship of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Venus, the mother of Aeneas, pledged the life of Palinurus to Neptune, god of the sea, as the price for the safe passage of Aeneas and his people from Troy to Italy.Palinuro training shipHere our “Palinuro” is safely moored in front of the Lonely Tunesque “Moby Wonder” and the “Oosterdam”, a cruise ship of the Holland America Line.

External links: Palinurus (Wikipedia)
See also: Palinuro - Palinuro and Vespucci - Tall Ships Walk - Moby Wonder

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17 comments:

  1. robApril 30, 2009 at 7:20 AM

    Un terzetto veramente improbabile!
    Apprezzo sempre le tue incursioni latine che mettono alla prova la mia zoppicante cultura ginnasiale!

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  2. jooApril 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    What can I say - beautiful. I miss sea:)

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  3. cieldequimperApril 30, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    Great post, perfect for the upcoming weekend!

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  4. BaruchApril 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    Beautiful and interesting

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  5. nobuApril 30, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Wondelful design on the ship.

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  6. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comApril 30, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    Excellent capture and so artistic. And yes, it is good to be back and I am still catching up on everything. I am glad you enjoyed the Frank lloyd Wright series. I have only a few more photos but will break tomorrow for Theme day!

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  7. CoskuncaApril 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    Thanks for sharing detailed photos. bye.

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  8. B SQUAREDApril 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    My wife is descended from a long line of sea captains. We have several paintings of the ships they used to sail. This is very similar to theirs'.

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  9. HildaApril 30, 2009 at 3:08 PM

    The mythological gods and godesses really thought nothing of sacrificing other people to satisfy their wants, didn't they?

    Love that motto, and the golden figure head. The ship is absolutely gorgeous too, especially in your first photo yesterday.

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  10. UnknownApril 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    I love this golden figure head. When steel became the norm in ship building a lot of the charm went out of the ships. I can almost smell the tar and the salt in the air when seeing these photos.

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  11. crocrodylApril 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM

    Beautiful ship! I like also the colour of the sea and this detail which is simply fantastic!

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  12. LowellApril 30, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    These are great Vogon Poet...and I'd like to say I hope you go through all of life "Faventibus ventis"!

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  13. FioApril 30, 2009 at 8:12 PM

    I agree with everybody!
    I love your harbour pictures :)

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  14. amatamari©April 30, 2009 at 8:39 PM

    You really talented in photographing these details and
    I like very much the first picture!

    :-)

    Thanks!!!

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  15. TashMay 2, 2009 at 5:45 AM

    terrific photo & antiquities lesson! The juxtaposition of the Palinuro against the Looney Tunes is priceless.

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  16. hennyMay 2, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    I thought it's always women as figure head on a ship. Do you think the Palinuro is making good friend with the Looney Tunes?

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  17. AyieMay 6, 2009 at 10:32 PM

    wow, this is great!

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