The Legend of Heliodorus and the elephant in Catania
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Vevo said this week that would have given to Greek legends in Sicily, and so I will, no Arab, I promise, and no horse with blue eyes and blond hair Wind surrounded by mystery :-(
Only Greeks, ugly, bearded, and the joy of our eyes, with some ... muscoletto
When we talk about Greeks in Sicily comes to mind the city of Agrigento with its beautiful temples, but the most characteristic, the one where breathing actually Greek history, in my opinion, is Syracuse.
Syracuse was the last great Sicilian town that has resisted the colonization of the Arabs. And 'fall after fifty years of settlement. Of particular interest is the greek theater (it is worth going to see the tragedies that are performed each year in excellent way of ancient drama by the National Institute of Syracuse), the ear of Dionysius, the beautiful Cathedral, which, as specified in the "maybe not everyone knows that ..." was the the first Christian church in Europe ... Friday, May 22, 2009
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was and is home to a lot of talents that have made history, as Theocritus, Elio Vittorini, Saint Lucia, Pope Stephen III, Tommaso Gargallo and, alas, our dear Prestigiacomo .
But the most important figure ... el mejo mejo ... it's the mathematician and inventor Archimedes.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse in 287 BC, probably studied in Alexandria but then, as an adult decides to go to America to find fortune. It 'just in California who is working at the Walt Disney Corporation. began working on a movie set, but the culmination of the success achieved by expressing their creative talents in the Mickey Mouse comic books, where, together with his trustworthy friend Edi, invent various things including the equipment Paperinik.
finished telling stupid things and serious step to the "real" story ... :-)
C’è chi dice che la storia è diversa, ma chi lo saprà mai.
Parlando del principio di Archimede mi viene in mente una cosa carina che ha raccontato ieri sera Maurizio Crozza nel suo spettacolo al teatro di Verdura qui a Palermo. Secondo il principio di Archimede un corpo immerso in un liquido receives a push from the bottom up equal to the weight of liquid displaced.
Crozza According to the principle of a body immersed in water ... washes, two bodies ... enjoy, three bodies ... and orgies!
But back to serious matters (because now I can not concentrate and I digress?) ...
Syracuse is not only home to great men, is also home to beautiful legends, including one that gave birth to the famous most important source of Ortigia, the one where Europe is still in the papyri are born spontaneously Arethusa's Spring.
Ma chi è Aretusa, e perché una fonte porta il suo nome?
In una magnifica regione della Grecia, l’Arcadia, viveva un cacciatore di nome Alfeo (al solito sono tutti belli, neanche a dirlo).
Alfeo adorava cacciare ed era così dedito a questa attività che non guardava le donne e non s’innamorava mai. Ma Afrodite, la dea della bellezza e dell'amore (i romani la chiamavano Venere) , indignata da tale comportamento tentò Alfeo in tutti i modi, con le più belle e sensuali ragazze, ma il Young sang and hunted and did not feel any attraction. One day Aphrodite the poor, disheartened by this behavior, he went to the winged son Eros (or Cupid in Latin) scolding him because he neglected the realm of the mother. Aphrodite told him that a young hunter estimated and feared, the son of the gods, despised the priestesses of love, does not deign to glance allowing suffer while he enjoyed.
Eros, impressed by the tears of the mother was ready to help and while the stars were shining in the night sky (I like this phrase, not very original but effective), Eros came to the place where Alpheus slept, she went to sleep and encouraged him to make a joke of the morning hunting in Syracuse, Ortigia exactly (an island located next to the city) where there was plenty of game and expecting a big surprise ... Alpheus woke up and went to Sicily, where indeed there was a wide variety of animals and the many saw a quail from the pens of gold and gold paws. Surprised and attracted by the animal, Alpheus made from an arrow to the quail and the bird is transformed into a beautiful creature, naked and seductive named Arethusa, nymph of Artemis (or Diana, goddess of hunting), one of the most beloved caste that there were in circulation. Arethusa, Alpheus then urged to flee because the wrath of the Goddess would hit.
Innamorandosi del cacciatore stava sfidando l’ira di Artemide. Non sapendo se scegliere il cuore o la ragione iniziò a correre velocemente ed il giovane la seguì fino a quando, nel momento in cui stava per abbracciarla, Aretusa invocò la dea della caccia e venne trasformata in fonte di acqua cristallina. Alfeo, preso dallo sgomento, chiese al padre se potesse trasformarlo in fiume, e così avvenne… In questo modo Alfeo iniziò a gettare le sue acque nella fontana della sua amata.
Che "romanticume", but I like these heartbreaking stories, but my favorite is that of the Rape of Proserpine which I will discuss a ' other time.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
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The Cyclops
Just
Just
Arabs speak of, just to mention the Normans, this week will be devoted to Greece and its stories related to Sicily.
and stuff to tell them there is not enough. First was a murderer:
and stuff to tell them there is not enough.
After my very healthy dinner consisting of French toast
bacon, half a packet of lemon ziguly ace and a glass of juice, can I collect my liver from the ground and begin my story.
Tonight we speak of Daedalus, the famous Daedalus, the one who had the son so stupid as to get closer to the sun with wings of wax ... the dodger. Daedalus, the one with the pointy knees:-D ... that of the labyrinth, that of King Minos. What has this to do here with Sicily as beautiful magnificence and peaceful living in Greece?
Let's go step by step.
Daedalus was a talented architect and sculptor, so clever and so good at his craft that was said to her sculptures seem alive.
But the gentleman described here was not a saint, indeed, they combined well to trouble a lot.
had as a student, the son of her sister. It is said that 
Talo
was as good as the inventor had overshadowed by his uncle, and Daedalus, full of jealousy, was "forced" to kill him. Talo accused of murder (but go!) Exiled to Crete where he had the honor of meeting the King Minos.
Here we go down in history red light, so who are under 18 years do not continue reading the story ...
... Minos annually sacrificed a bull to Poseidon, but one of these years (just when Daedalus was found there), was born a bull so beautiful that he would not sacrifice to the god, and chose another. Poseidon, offended, he wanted revenge so that
Pasiphae, Minos's wife falls in love with the beautiful bull.
Pasiphae longed to mate with the bull, but, as we say
nuatri
, there was some technical problem that prevented copulation ... just a few, of little importance ... But here becomes part of history Daedalus, who was a brilliant idea, namely to build a statue shaped like a cow, hollow inside and covered with cowhide. Taught how to position
Pasiphae inside to allow the pair (I imagine the scene:-D) and after some initial discomfort the union took place.
So far no problem, as well as if the lady Pasiphae
became pregnant and gave birth to a being ugly, the Minotaur, half bull and half man. Who knows what
Minos was grateful for the wonderful idea that Daedalus had! But the damage Daedalus who combined do not end here ...
Minos built his trusty Daedalus the famous labyrinth where the Minotaur and put her every now and then was sacrificed some human.
Among the various people who had the "fortune" to enter the maze to visit the show, there was Theseus, Ariadne's boyfriend (the daughter of Minos and the same person who will then abandoned in a island from the piece of rude of her boyfriend). Arianna, under one of the valuable advice of Daedalus, Theseus had come out of the maze.
also did this stunt, really angry with Daedalus Minos.
Go to made from the horns of a bull, but when enough is enough!
And here is the history of Sicily ...
Daedalus and his son escaped from Crete with wings of wax, it was here that his son had the foolish idea to approach the sun and died.
But their father was flying low and occasionally wet wings and was able to glide in Sicily. Even
qui si accaparrò le simpatie di un regnante, Cocalo , un re
sicano .
Ma intanto Minosse non dimenticava l'affronto e venne a sapere che Dedalo si trovava in Sicilia.
A quel punto decise di approdare nell'isola sbarcando in una località vicino
A grigento , che in suo onore venne chiamata Eraclea
Minoa .
Minosse, sapendo che Dedalo era molto furbo e che soltanto lui avrebbe potuto risolvere gli indovinelli più strani e risolvere i quesiti più difficili, ovunque passava prometteva denaro a colui che avrebbe fatto passare un filo attraverso le spirali di una chiocciola immaginando che lì a poco would have received the answer to the question.
course Mr. "I know how to do everything," he managed to thread the line linking it to an ant which then ushered in the shell and let out a little hole behind.
Cocalo did have the solution to Minos, not specifying that the idea was to Daedalus, but immediately asked the king Minos Sican to hand over the fugitive.
Cocalo , who had been fond of Daedalus and did not want to lose him, he decided to come anyway Minos at the court, invited him to take a bath in hot tubs charmed and massaged her beautiful daughters. But the ladies do not were
its hospitable, in fact, drowned host. Sicani I handed the lifeless body to the Cretans, telling them that the king had died accidentally slipping :-)
do not know what other damage combined Daedalus, I only know that in addition to living in Sicily and lived for some time in Puglia and Sardinia , where he built the Nuraghe.
I hope that at least there did well. As mentioned in a film by Benigni (Johnny Toothpick), Sicily never steal bananas, but another piece of advice I give is to never go in the bathroom of someone who is home, you never know! !
:-))))))))
Good night.
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