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[philoursmars]

Avec Christine, on a fêté nos 40 ans d'amitié en faisant un voyage de 15 jours en Sicile. Cette fois, on est basés à Modica.

On passe la journée à Syracuse (Siracusa). La ville est séparée en 2 parties. Nous voici maintenant dans la partie "terrestre", Siracusa Neapolis, plus précisément dans le Parc Archéologique de Néapolis.

Les Latomies, carrières grecques puis prisons. Sur la première photo, "Ikaria e Ikario" à gauche, "Grande Sonno" ; sur les 2 et 3, la fameuse Oreille de Denys, à l'écho réverbérant, sur la 4, encore Igor Mitoraj, "Dedalo".

La dernière, la Chiesa San Nicolò ai Cordari.

[theoxenia]

“The sentence that Petronius puts in the mouth of Quartilla, a priestess of Priapus, is extremely eloquent if regarded from an ecology-of-religion perspective: “Utique nostra regio tam praesentibus plena est numinibus, ut facilius possis deum quam hominem invenire”* (Satyricon 17.5). The mentioned regio is without doubt the area around Neapolis, regardless of what town is identifiable with the Graeca urbs that provides the background to a large part of the novel. This land, so abundant in human beings (as the flippant Roman writer puts it), is even more abundant in divine beings, all of them available, helpful, and efficient (just as helpful and efficient as today’s numberless saints and madonnas). Among those deities, one of the closest (praesens) to the hearts of the Campanian people—even though his role is less of ficial than that played by Apollo (the tutelary god of the apoichiai) or by the other dii patrii (Artemis, Hera, Demeter) whom the Greek settlers had brought along from their native island of Euboea—is undoubtedly Dionysus, alias Bacchus, or, in the interpretatio latina, Liber Pater.”

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia, edited by Giovanni Casadio and Patricia Johnston

*translation: Our region is so full of deities that you may more frequently meet with a god than a man.

[blueskipper-photography]

Taxi Ride in Neapolis ©2022 blueskipper

[la-principessa-della-squadra]

Hi there!! It's so nice to meet another person who's really into linguistics (I studied mostly French and Ancient Greek for my degree, but I love learning about it whenever I can). I've really enjoyed your la squadra where they're from series! I'm in the process of writing for jjba, and I'm wondering if there's any linguistic/cultural specifics to Napoli that you know about? I want to make the Zeppelis as true to life as possible lol

Neapolitan is one of the richest language I've ever heard

Hi there anon! Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on the historical evolution of Neapolitan. I was lucky enough to ask some Neapolitan speakers for a quality check on everything I wrote in my old posts.

However, since Steel Ball Run is set in 1890, I should look out for that specific diatopic and diachronic variation.

I'm going to ask my Sociolinguistic professor if there's some specific online corpus about Naepolitan in 1890, but to be honest I don't think there's such a thing.

What I can do for now is suggesting you a historical and very popular expression that originated in the 1800s and that Gyro would probably know:

"Mannaggia a Bubbà" (also known in the variations 'Mannaggia Bubbà' and 'Mannaggia beabà') is an historical Neapolitan exclamation.

Today this expression is no longer in use.

The literal translation of "Mannaggia a Bubbà" is "Damn you Bubbà" and refers to Bubbà, an infamous man who lived in the Neapolitan slums during the 19th century and was known to be involved in every shady business or situation. If something went wrong back then, people would confidently blame 'Bubbà', certain that he was somehow involved. In popular culture, 'Bubbà' worked as a 'scapegoat' and was cited on every unfavorable occasion.

Another thing I can do is translating one of the most iconic Gyro's line in current Neapolitan:

Gyro:"Rinc 'e ì a fancul, Johnny."

(Tell them to go eat shit, Johnny.)

Johnny: "Tell them yourself."

Gyro: "Ma vafancul strunz! Car ro cavall e spiezzt 'o cul!"

(Eat shit asshole! Fall off your horse and break your neck! )

Here are some books you can check:

"Dialetto Napoletano. Manuale di scrittura e di dizione" by Vitale Giovanni, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2009.

"Ortografia della lingua napoletana" by Carro Enzo, Youcanprint, 2017.

[romegreeceart]

I just discovered this treasure chest...

[italianotizie24]

Napoli Expò Art Polis, al Palazzo delle Arti la VII edizione

Napoli Expò Art Polis, al Palazzo delle Arti la VII edizione

Torna l’appuntamento con le arti figurative al Napoli Expò Art Polis: tele, fotografie e sculture degli oltre 50 artisti in mostra al PAN-Palazzo Delle Arti, dal 21 luglio al 6 settembre.Continue reading

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[imhaavelila]

Se è vero che ogni amore non corrisposto lasci spazio ad una nuova meraviglia, allora possiamo asserire che quello tra Parthenope e Ulisse abbia dato vita alla più affascinante tra le meraviglie del mondo. Il mito di Ulisse racconta proprio di come egli abbia fatto a sopravvivere, durante il suo viaggio, alla voce ipnotica delle creature marine. Vi è però una parte di questa antica leggenda che viene spesso trascurata: le sirene sono sì capaci di uccidere gli uomini, secondo la leggenda però, se questo non avviene sono loro stesse a dover perdere la vita. Ulisse, avvertito dalla Maga Circe dei poteri nefasti delle creature di mare, impone ai suoi uomini di tapparsi le orecchie alla vista delle sirene. L’uomo, preso da una inquieta curiosità, decide tuttaviadi voler udire il canto delle sirene. Per scongiurare il pericolo di venire ammazzato si fa quindi legare all’albero maestro della nave. Sarà la famosa sirena Parthenope ad avvicinarsi all’eroe e a restarne folgorata. La creatura, innamorata dell’uomo, provò a sedurlo ma capì subito di essere ormai destinata alla morte. I due si guardarono per un lungo e commovente momento, con la tristezza negli occhi per quel che era chiaro sarebbe presto accaduto. Il corpo esanime di Parthenope scivolò giù negli abissi ma le altre creature del mare, in lutto per la sua morte, portarono la donna alla costa, che lentamente la assorbì cambiando morfologia. Così nacque Neapolis.

[imperium-romanum]

Researchers use pollen to recreate ancient plants in Tunisia - Tunisia - ANSAMed

A team of Italian researchers will rebuild for the first time in Tunisia the exact botanical composition of an ancient garden inside an aristocratic villa from 2,000 years ago, starting with pollen (ANSA)

"(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, SEPTEMBER 26 - A team of Italian researchers will rebuild for the first time in Tunisia the exact botanical composition of an ancient garden inside an aristocratic villa from 2,000 years ago, starting with pollen." "The Nymfarum Domus, a luxurious "domus" from about 400 A.D., is situated at the centre of Neapolis in the Gulf of Hammamet, in the area of Nabeul."

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