Myths In Sicily
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Myths In Sicily
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Author : Riccardo Francaviglia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Myths In Sicily written by Riccardo Francaviglia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Sicily
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Author : Giuseppe Quatriglio
language : en
Publisher: Legas / Gaetano Cipolla
Release Date : 2011
Sicily written by Giuseppe Quatriglio and has been published by Legas / Gaetano Cipolla this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sicily Through Symbolism And Myth
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Author : Paolo Fiorentino
language : en
Publisher: Legas / Gaetano Cipolla
Release Date : 2006
Sicily Through Symbolism And Myth written by Paolo Fiorentino and has been published by Legas / Gaetano Cipolla this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
Sicily
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Author : Enzo Russo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Sicily written by Enzo Russo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Art categories.
Through exquisite illustrations, Sicily Land of Myth, offers views of the temple of Segesta, the breath-taking country side, Good Friday processions, the desolate conditions of the Baroque period in small towns and Sicily's sea, island and volcanoes. These images will drive the imagination beyond the mere surface of the photographs and into the spirit of an ancient land whose natural and architectural treasures are part of the inheritance of humanity itself.
Seeking Sicily
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Author : John Keahey
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2011-11-08
Seeking Sicily written by John Keahey and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-08 with Travel categories.
"Keahey's exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at a much-maligned land."—Paul Paolicelli, author of Under the Southern Sun Sicily is the Mediterranean's largest and most mysterious island. Its people, for three thousand years under the thumb of one invader after another, hold tightly onto a culture so unique that they remain emotionally and culturally distinct, viewing themselves first as Sicilians, not Italians. Many of these islanders, carrying considerable DNA from Arab and Muslim ancestors who ruled for 250 years and integrated vast numbers of settlers from the continent just ninety miles to the south, say proudly that Sicily is located north of Africa, not south of Italy. Seeking Sicily explores what lies behind the soul of the island's inhabitants. It touches on history, archaeology, food, the Mafia, and politics and looks to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Sicilian authors to plumb the islanders' so-called Sicilitudine. This "culture apart" is best exemplified by the writings of one of Sicily's greatest writers, Leonardo Sciascia. Seeking Sicily also looks to contemporary Sicilians who have never shaken off the influences of their forbearers, who believed in the ancient gods and goddesses. Author John Keahey is not content to let images from the island's overly touristed villages carry the story. Starting in Palermo, he journeyed to such places as Arab-founded Scopello on the west coast, the Greek ruins of Selinunte on the southwest, and Sciascia's ancestral village of Racalmuto in the south, where he experienced unique, local festivals. He spent Easter Week in Enna at the island's center, witnessing surreal processions that date back to Spanish rule. And he learned about Sicilian cuisine in Spanish Baroque Noto and Greek Siracusa in the southeast, and met elderly, retired fishermen in the tiny east-coast fishing village of Aci Trezza, home of the mythical Cyclops and immortalized by Luchino Visconti's mid-1940s film masterpiece, La terra trema. He walked near the summit of Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, studied the mountain's role in creating this island, and looked out over the expanse of the Ionian Sea, marveling at the three millennia of myths and history that forged Sicily into what it is today.
My Mini Sicily Discovering The Land Of Myths Ancient Temples And Volcanoes
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Author : Russo William Dello
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
My Mini Sicily Discovering The Land Of Myths Ancient Temples And Volcanoes written by Russo William Dello and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Myth Locality And Identity In Pindar S Sicilian Odes
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Author : Virginia M. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-15
Myth Locality And Identity In Pindar S Sicilian Odes written by Virginia M. Lewis and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Myth, Locality, and Identity argues that Pindar engages in a striking, innovative style of mythmaking that represents and shapes Sicilian identities in his epinician odes for Sicilian victors in the fifth century BCE. While Sicily has been thought to be lacking in local traditions for Pindar to celebrate, Lewis argues that the Sicilian odes offer examples of the formation of local traditions: the monster Typho whom Zeus defeated to become king of the gods, for example, now lives beneath Mt. Aitna; Persephone receives the island of Sicily as a gift from Zeus; and the Peloponnesian river Alpheos travels to Syracuse in pursuit of the local spring nymph Arethusa. By weaving regional and Panhellenic myth into the local landscape, as the book shows, Pindar infuses physical places with meaning and thereby contextualizes people, cities, and their rulers within a wider Greek framework. During this time period, Greek Sicily experienced a unique set of political circumstances: the inhabitants were continuously being displaced, cities were founded and resettled, and political leaders rose and fell from power in rapid succession. This book offers the first sustained analysis of myth in Pindar's odes for Sicilian victors across the island that accounts for their shared context. The nodes of myth and place that Pindar fuses in this poetry reinforce and develop a sense of place and community for citizens locally; at the same time, they raise the profile of physical sites and the cities attached to them for larger audiences across the Greek world. In addition to providing new readings of Pindaric odes and offering a model for the formation of Sicilian identities in the first half of the fifth century, the book contributes new insights into current debates on the relationship between myth and place in classical literature.
Syracuse City Of Legends
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Author : Jeremy Dummett
language : en
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Release Date : 2010-05-15
Syracuse City Of Legends written by Jeremy Dummett and has been published by I.B.Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-15 with History categories.
Syracuse City of Legends---the first modern historical guide to the city---explores Syracuse's place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and reveals why it continues to captivate visitors today, more than two and a half millenia after its foundation --
Sicilytude
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Author : Cristiano PARAFIORITI
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-12-19
Sicilytude written by Cristiano PARAFIORITI and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-19 with categories.
A collection of compelling short stories filled with moral values and valuable life lessons. Although focused around the traditions and lifestyles of the people of a small Sicilian town, this book covers a variety of sensations based on religious beliefs, myths, traditional legends, devotion, strength and courage, all characteristics that we often take for granted or that are somewhat neglected in more modern cities. It's about the love of a mother, the strength of a father, the curiosity of a boy, the desire to make the world a better place and the continuous search for a change, or ray of hope, in a world that has too often been oppressed and where people have been forced to abide by rules and standards that would seem rather odd for those whom have never stepped foot in Sicily. Yet, the faces, battles, defeats, hard work, hopes, successes and values of the characters and lands depicted in these stories will reawaken long lost emotions and perhaps trigger a deep yearning to rediscover them.
The Politics Of Identity In Greek Sicily And Southern Italy
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Author : Mark R. Thatcher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-01
The Politics Of Identity In Greek Sicily And Southern Italy written by Mark R. Thatcher and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with History categories.
The Politics of Identity in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy offers the first sustained analysis of the relationship between collective identity and politics in the Greek West during the period c. 600-200 BCE. Greeks defined their communities in multiple and varied ways, including a separate polis identity for each city-state; sub-Hellenic ethnicities such as Dorian and Ionian; regional identities; and an overarching sense of Greekness. Mark Thatcher skillfully untangles the many overlapping strands of these plural identities and carefully analyzes how they relate to each other, presenting a compelling new account of the role of identity in Greek politics. Identity was often created through conflict and was reshaped as political conditions changed. It created legitimacy for kings and tyrants, and it contributed to the decision-making processes of poleis. A series of detailed case studies explore these points by drawing on a wide variety of source material, including historiography, epinician poetry, coinage, inscriptions, religious practices, and material culture. The wide-ranging analysis covers both Sicily and southern Italy, encompassing cities such as Syracuse, Camarina, Croton, and Metapontion; ethnic groups such as the Dorians and Achaeans; and tyrants and politicians from the Deinomenids and Hermocrates to Pyrrhus and Hieron II. Spanning the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, this study is an essential contribution to the history, societies, cultures, and identities of Greek Sicily and southern Italy.