Panta rhei, a photo from Ioannina, Epirus

Photographer's Note

The phrase πάντα ῥεῖ (panta rhei) "everything flows" either was spoken by Heraclitus or survived as a quotation of his. This famous aphorism used to characterize Heraclitus' thought comes from Simplicius, a neoplatonist, and from Plato's Cratylus. The word rhei (cf. rheology) is the Greek word for "to stream", and is etymologically related to Rhea according to Plato's Cratylus.

The waterfalls of Iliochori.

Iliochori (Greek: Ηλιοχώρι, "Village of the Sun", before 1927: Δοβρίνοβο - Dovrinovo) is one of the Zagori villages in northwest Greece. It is located in the municipal unit of Tymfi in the northern part of the regional unit of Ioannina. According to a local legend, the village was founded as Rasciana, on the river of the same name. However, that site was abandoned because of a lack of drinking water, and the inhabitants scattered to found Iliochori and the nearby town of Laista (ancient Lisinitza). Iliochori was traditionally an agricultural village, with husbandry and cultivation of barley and vetch being among its primary areas of economic activity. Viticulture was also prominent, and the village produced a wine, Dobrovino, that gave it its original name. Caravans leaving from Iliochori carried products from the region to the Balkans for trade. The town suffered severe damage in both World War II and the Greek Civil War and lost a large portion of its population during the 1940s as a result.

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jimmj63 (0) 2017-06-16 4:38

WOW, a very corner of the heaven. I'll whant to swimm here.
beautiful colors and lights

ciao, Giacomo

Sergiom (117241) 2017-06-16 5:35

Bonjour Athanasios,

J'aime beaucoup cette scène naturelle. Un beau cadrage vertical qui accompagne à merveille cette belle chute qui tome dans une eau verte qui ressort bien.

Amicalement

Serge

BennyV (34780) 2017-06-16 6:15

Hello Athanasios

A fine picture to celebrate both nature and one of life's true sayings. You cannot step into the same river twice, but it sure is worth trying :)

Benny

cargus (14004) 2017-06-16 12:26

Beautiful landscape, beautiful colors, well framed and rendered, image well done.!
cordially
Adrian

mkamionka (75113) 2020-11-17 2:50

Hi Athanasios,
thank you for your kind words.
Of course everybody probably knows about the phrase panta rhei.
Very good idea to use if for the title of a photo showing a waterfall in Greece. Very suitable.
Beautiful spot here, I like the green color of the pond.
The tough decision here was whether to take a wider scene here with maybe more of the waterfall below which seems to be pretty as well or rather focus even closer on the mon waterfall. I would probably take hundreds of photos there.
Beautiful colors, excellent work,
M