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.
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