Here is your assignment: Click on the link to go to the site about Parthenope.
PARTHENOPE
Then, choose another myth or legend from the same webpage and print it. You can also find the translation by clicking on the flag in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Read the English version, underlining the words you do not know. Then, read the Italian version, and try to reconstruct the meaning of the words you underlined. Print both copies, and bring them to class along with your vocabulary word list. We will correct your work and create summaries together in class!
Finally, write your summaries here on the blog, by clicking on the word, "comments" and writing your three sentences here.
See you on Tuesday!
48 comments:
Dear Prof. Pickens I talk about "O Cuorp è Napule: the Nile Statue"
The Nile Statue was erected by Egyptian merchants and sailors,(they populated the area east of Naples),in honor of their sacre river.
When the merchants left Naples the statue were buried,later it was discovered in 1600 without head and in fact, the statue was taken for a female body that nursing two little angels Neapolitans called her "O Cuorp è Napule". Only in 1700 the restoration took place under the reign of Charles of Bourbon and was included the bearded head of the Nile God.
Alessia Marino 012002578
Dear Mrs Pickens,
These are my sentences about the two myths that a have chosen.
-The Siren Parthenope:
1) According to the legend, the story begin on the island of Megaride that was originally called Parthenope, and was settled near the tomb of a young siren.
2) Ancient sources tells that the Siren was devasted because her inability to make Ulysses to fall in love with her, when he was back from Troy.
3) In ancient time the sirens were considered monstrous creatures who bewitched sailors and making them to crash against the rocks. Strabone and Plinio referred to the existence of a siren's tomb in Naples, but it was never found.
-Colapesce:
1) The legend of Niccolò Pesce was originated in the Middle Ages, and according with what was said, the young man had webbed fingers, fins and scales which made him a good swimmer.
2) Colapesce (He was so called) lived in the sea between Naples and Messina, and for this reason the king of Naples asked him to go down, on the bottom of the sea, and bring up with him the secrets as treasure or jewels.
3) Today a bas-relief on a building in mezzocannone street shows a bearded man with a knife in his hand, and people think that could be colapesce, actually the symbol of port area.
Francesca De Bonis 112000393
The Siren Parthenope
-According to the legend the original nucleus of the city called Parthenope was the island of Megaride.
- During the Roman period on the island was built a luxury residential villa, VIlla di Lucullo, and later, during the Norman period, was built Castel dell'Ovo.
- The myth of Parthenope has get mixed up with the legends of the modern city and the result is a work of literature.
Colapesce
- The legend of Niccolò Pesce , a good swimmer known as Colapesce, originated in the Middle Ages.
- Colapesce lived between Naples and Messina and the king of Naples once invited him to go down into the depths and see what secrets they hid.
- Colapesce was remembered as a wild-looking man and became the symbol for the Port area.
Marialuisa Migliore 112000338
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I send you three sentences about the text "Colapesce".
1) Colapesce was a young man half man and half fish.
2) Colapesce when he wanted to travel long distances, got a huge fish and where he wanted to be, cut open the belly of the fish and climbed out.
3) Colapesce went down into the depths and he saw what secrets they hid.
Fabrizia Cocozza
Matr. 112000301
I send you three sentences about the text "Mithra and the Carminiello ai Mannesi thermal complex"
1 – We have many evidences of oriental cults in Naples, for example the god Mithra that we can find near via Duomo. In 1943 the area was bombed and the remains of a thermal complex dedicated to Mithra came back to light.
2 – The complex was incorporated in the church called “Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine ai Mannesi” renamed to “Del Carminiello”. The term “Mannesi” refers to the area where builders and chariot repairers worked.
3 – Mithra’s myth originated in Persia, in 1300 b.C. Many soldiers worshipped him. We can see the place of worship by a stucco relief of the god Mithra, depicting him sacrificing a bull.
Mirella Marzano
112000253
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I've chosen the text about the character of "Colapesce".
1) The Medieval legend of Niccolò Pesce known as "Colapesce" or "Nick the Fish", tells about the story of a young man who was half man and half fish with webbed fingers, fins and scales.
2)Nick the fish could live at the bottom of the sea and lived in the sea between Naples and Messina. For this reason the king of Naples invited him to go down into the depths and see thei secrets.
3) In via Mezzocannone there is a bas-rilief which shows a bearded, hary man with knife in hand. Probabily the bas-rilief represents Colapesce.
Lorenza Longobardi
Matr. 112000313
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
These are my sentences about the myth that I have chosen…
1)The legend of Nicolò Pesce originated in the Middle Ages. This young man is half man and half fish and he could live at the bottom of the sea.
2)Often “ Nick the Fish” entered in the belly of great fishes and when he got to where he wanted to be, cut open the belly of the fish and climbed out. One day he found inestimable treasures for the king at the bottom of the sea.
3)In Via Mezzocannone there is a bas-relief that represents Colapesce. This man became the symbol for the Port area.
Melany Ferrandino 112000261
April 02, 2012
Dear Mrs. Pikens,
i chose the “Testa Carafa” legend.
- In XVII Century there was a popular legend: the famous Carafa head was made by Virgil The Magician. It was a part of the bronze equestrian statue.
- According to popular belief, this head had the power to cure sick horses. The statue was broken in 1322.
- In reality this statue was made during hellenistic period and it was given to Diomede Carafa by Lorenzo il Magnifico in 1471 and put up in courtyard of his home. After was moved to the National Archeological Museum. This statue is currently in the Metropolitan train station “Museo” on Line 1.
Niola Maria Rosa 012000305
April 02, 2012
Colapesce
1) The legend of Colapesce was originated in the Middle Ages. He was Known souch a god swimmer.
2) According to legend Colapesce lived in the sea between Naples and Messina. He had webbed fingers, fins and scales and discovered treasures hidden into the depths.
3)People remembered him as a wild-looking man and he became the symbol for the Port area
Paola Massa 112000250
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I send you three sentences about the text "The Sebeto river".
1)Sebeto's the river name, originally "Sepeithos", takes back to the first settlements in Naples. We know this thanks to a few coins, produced between the fifth and fourth century BC,by verses of poetry, an engraved stone and other sources.
2)We dont'know if the river known as the Rubeolo in the Middle Age it corrisponds to the current Sebeto river. According to the sources, from the Renaissance period onwards, the river became known by the more famous of the two name.
3)The oldest testimony of the existence of Sebeto river are some coins found in the Naples area, dated the second half of the fifth century, that it show a head of young man with a horn in the middle of his forehead an hair flowing down to his shoulders.
Another important proof to the existence of the Sebeto are the epigraphs. One of these epigraphs, an Imperial Age marble epigraph, shows a small temple to Sebeto which was probably built to confirm the cult of the ancient god Sebeto.
4)The sources are very imortant because they confirm the fact that a river exist but nobody knows for sure whether the authors of these sources saw the river for themselves.
Villan an Celano idetified the source of the Sebeto into Vesuvius crater, then Summonte discovered the source of the Sebeto under the church of "Santa Maria del Pozzo" at Somma Vesuviana.
It is difficult to understand why the river became so small over the years. The major reason is the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius that helped the Sebeto to flow into the Rubeolo and altered the mouth.
Celano claimed that the Sebeto ran inside the city walls but this idea is very unlikely.
Aldo Natale
Matricola: 112000266
Daer Mrs Pickens,
I send you three sentences about the text " the siren parthenope"
1) the origins of city of Naples are based on the myth of the siren Parthenope.
2) the sirens were wicked, monstrous creatures, transformed into wiged monsters by Demetra. Their haunting song cast a spell ion any passing sailors.
3)According to the legend, the island of Megaride was near the tomb of the siren who sales the sea of Sorrento peninsula.
Raffaella Panico
Matricola : 112000010
Dear Mrs. Pickens I talk about "Mithra and the Carminiello ai Mannesi Thermal Complex".
Naples you can find many examples of oriental cults. One dedicated to the god Mithras is attested in the areas of Via Duomo, where it was found an ancient bath complex dating back to Roman Empire. This building was reused, after being abandoned, in the 8 century. In 1943 the area was bombed and the church, which had been built earlier, was knocked down, highlighting the archaeological remains. The archaeological area is divided into four main parts: rooms used as storage in the basement level; residential on the upper level; the baths on the second level; the mithreum, for worship of the god Mithras. It is a place of worship dedicated to the deity of Indo-European origin, this cult was imported from Persia in the territories of Romania between the II and III century AD. Mithraeum the Neapolitan was presumably the mid-second century after Christ, it was thought that the cult was introduced in the building by slaves and veterans who attended the Roman Insula, although the finding in a bas-relief of Mithras Posillipo confirms the hypothesis of a link with the cult of the upper classes.
Dear Mrs. Pickens I talk about "The Isiaci Mysteries":
The mysteries of Isis are the most 'important secret of Neapolis. Isis was identified in the moon.
Indicates an ancient tradition in the ruins of a Roman villa in Marechiaro (the Palace of the Spirits) and Posillipo (The School of the Spirits) places of mysterious events and attendance at night.
Wife and sister of Osiris, Isis is the goddess most popular in Egypt, known in the Hellenistic world even more of the same Osiris.
It looks like a goddess of the fruitful nature whose influence is felt on humans, animals and plants.
In Greece, the Mysteries of Isis spread around the fourth century BC, which was a temple dedicated to Isis in the port of Piraeus.
It is not known the precise time at which penetrated to Rome, Lucius Apuleius of Medaura however, contends that the college of priests of Isis was present in Rome at the age of Sulla, namely the early decades of the first century BC
Isis seems to have been originally a goddess of the hearth for his loyalty and devotion to her husband, but gradually the relationship with her husband Osiris lost its importance with respect to her role as mother of Horus, although it continues to symbolize the Goddess of the Earth-Egypt awaits the fertile Nile flood, personified by Osiris. Seth, a symbol of the drought, kills, dismembers and makes barren Osiris (the Nile), but the Goddess (Egypt) again reassembled the body of the god. The resurrection is celebrated by his son Horus (the Sun).
The myth, mystery key bed, represents the continuity of life after death.
For his faithful Isis is the Deity Absolute, as evidenced by his Egyptian name, Aset, which means "throne". She is the Goddess of Ten Thousand Names, and every living being is a drop of blood of the Goddess. In fact, with the cult of Isis Moon reached perhaps its highest expression and spiritual
Besides being the personification of Life, Isis embodies the wisdom and the Greeks, in fact, approached phonetically her name, Isis, at the ISIA greek, "knowledge", linking this term to another, always greek, USIA, which expresses the 'idea of "essence". With this game, the Greeks recognized the Essence of Knowledge in the Isis.
Dear Ms. Pickens,
Here are the three phrases I chose for explaining Mithras' cult in ancient Naples.
- Being a very important city for the Empire, Naples
has been place of oriental cults at that time, such
as the Isis' temple at Pompeii or the Mithraeum in
the downtown, under the Church Del Carmine ai
Mannesi.
- The religion was practiced specially by roman
military staff, bringing thus also the cult from the
East campaigns to the metropolis. Anyway is
believed that it was also practiced by neapolitan
high classes.
- It was salvation religion, as the Christian one,
promising the life after the death. The god
usually appear as a young man with a Phrygian
cap, cutting the throat of a sacrifice bull.
Kind regards.
Dear Ms Pickens
I chose the Isiaci mysteries:
1)The mysteries of Isis were organized by the alessandrini community who lived in Naples during the Roman period.
2)Isis was the Egyptian goddes associated with the moon.She was the sister and bride of Osiris.Isis was tho goddess of magic and the afterlife, and she was pictured in different ways but generally with cow's horn in her head.
3)There are marks of her cult in Napolitan culture:the horseshoe,used to ward off bad luck,is the symbol of Isis's horn.
Francesco Balestriere 11200324
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
i chose the “Testa Carafa":
1)Carafa head belonged to the famous equestrian statue in bronze made by Virgil the Magician,it had the ability to heal the sick horses
2)The huge bust of a horse,was in fact give by Lorenzo the Magnificent to Diomede Carafa in 1471.He had the statue up in the courtyerd of his home Palazzo Carafa of Maddaloni,in the heart of the old centre of Naples.
3)The horse's head was movede to the National Archeological Museum and is currently housed in the metropolitan train station called
Museo on Line1.
Claudia Passaro
Matricola:112000290
there are three version of history of the siren parthenope:
1) the first version of story begins on the rocks of megaride ( today there is castel dell'ovo ) . The body of the siren dead was found in that place .. after met ulisse . the siren was buried in naples by fishermans.
2) A second version of the legend, said that thesiren Parthenope, afterhis death, landed,transported by sea, on the islet of Megaride, was dissolved and its sinuous body becamethe morphology of the landscape of Naples
3) In final , In the nineteenth century, spread a different story: the love of parthenope for the Centaur Vesuvius. This would have triggered the jealousy of Zeus punished them by transforming him into a volcano and she in the city of Naples.
Damiano Falanga
112000087
Dear Mrs Pickens,
The Siren Parthenope
According to the legend, the origin of the city of Naples is based in the legend of the siren Parthenope.
According to the legend the heart of the city was the island of Megaride .
Once Parthenope was seen like a monster which caused the wreck of the sailors.
Sveva Capuozzo 112000493
COLAPESCE
1)According to the legend Niccolò Pesce,well know as Colapesce,was a young man who had webbed fingers,fins and scales
2)He lived in the sea between Naples and Messina and one day the king of Naples invited him to go down into the depths and see what secrets they hid
3)Colapesce became the symbol for the Port area
Fabiola Cotugno 112000100
COLAPESCE
1)According to the legend Niccolò Pesce,well know as Colapesce,was a young man who had webbed fingers,fins and scales
2)He lived in the sea between Naples and Messina and one day the king of Naples invited him to go down into the depths and see what secrets they hid
3)Colapesce became the symbol for the Port area
Fabiola Cotugno 112000100
COLAPESCE
1)According to the legend Niccolò Pesce,well-know as Colapesce,was a young man who had webbed fingers,fins and scales.
2)He lived in the sea between Naples and Messina and one day the king of naples invited him to go down into the depths and see what secrets they hid.
3)Colapesce became the symbol for the Port area.
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
These are my sentences about the myth of the "Isiaci Mysteries"
1. For the Neapolitan culture the mysteries of the goddess Isis are rooted in the rituals related to the moon, organized by the alessandrini community who lived in the city during the Roman Period.
2. Isis was the bride and the sister of Osiris but in the Hellenic world she was better known than Osiris himself. She is the goddes of magic and afterlife and, depicted as a faithful wife and a loving mother, she was also the goddes of fertility.
3. Is possible to see the marks of the cult of Isis on the Neapolitan culture in the horse shoe which is often used, along with a horn, to ward off the bad luck. This objects, in the ancient iconography, are both symbols of women's fertility.
Simona Loffredo Matricola 112000334
Dear Mrs. Pikens,
i chose the “Testa Carafa”:
1)Carafa head belonged to the famous equestrian statue in bronze made by Virgil the Magician it had the ability to heal the sick horses.
2)The bust of a horse was donated by Lorenzo the Magnificent to Diomede Carafa.He had the statue up in the courtyard of his home Palazzo Carafa of Maddaloni in the herat of the old centre of Naples.
3)The horse's head was moved to the National Archeological Museum and is Currently housed in the metropolitan train station called Museo on Line1.
Claudia Passaro
Matricola:112000290
Dear Mrs.Pickens,
i chose the"Virgil the Magician":
1)Virgil was a great latin poet,his figure became associateda magic powers and was the benefactor of Naples.
He put placed in a secret place of the Castel dell'Ovo an egg placed in a glass jar and then inside an iron box.
With this egg break many disasters occured.
2)Virgil found a remedy to protect the city from the danger of eruptions:built a bronze statue depicting a man with bow and arrow ready and facing the mouth of the volcano.
3)His tombwas traditionally identified in the remains of a Roman Columbarium pilgrims was already in Roman times.
Today the tomb is in a park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta near the station Mergellina.
Claudia Passaro
Matricola:112000290
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I've chosen the text about the myth of "Colapesce" and these are my three sentences about it.
1-The legend of Niccolò Pesce was originated in the Middle Ages. According to this legend he was a good swimmer; in fact he was half man and half fish.
2-He lived in the sea between Naples and Messina and one day the king of Naples invited him to go down into the depths and see what secrets they hid
3-Today in via Mezzocannone there is a bas-relief which shows a bearded, hairy man with knife in a hand. Probabily the bas-relief represents Niccolò Pesce, also known as Colapesce. Instead in 17th century he was remembered like a wild man, and his image became the symbol for the Port area
Margherita Iovieno
Matr. 112000311
Dear Mrs.Pickens,
i chose "Colapesce":
1)Niccolò Pesce known "Colapesce" had webbed fingers,fins and scales was half man and half fish,and lived in the sea between Naples and Messina.
2)Colapesce told the king that the bottom of the sea covered with priceless treasures;when he came back up he brought hug amounts of jewels found in caves and tunnels under the island of Megaride.
3)On the facade of a building in via Mezzocannone shows a bearded and hairy man holding a knife and is associated with the figure of Colapesce,this figure became a symbol for the Port area.
Claudia Passaro
Matricola:112000290
Dear Mrs, Pickens ,I'm sending it again because my summary has not been published
Colapesce
1)The legend of Niccolò Pesce, was originated in the Middle Ages.This young man was half man and half fish,he lived at the bottom of the sea.
2)Colapesce lived in the sea between Naples and Messina.He discovered that in the depths of naples there were priceless treasure.
3)The people in XVII century remembered him as a wild-looking man who sometimes came up from the sea.He becamethe symbol for the Port area.
Giada Sammarco 112000091
The history and legend surrounding the castrum novum :
- Castel Nuovo is one of the symbols in Naples situated in "Piazza Municipio" , it was build in 1279 by Charles of Anjou.
- The history tells that Bonifacio VIII persuaded Celestino to abdicate, because his ambition to became pope.
- Giotto painted the most important rooms in the castle.
- Giovanna I of Anjou was the first "queen of south" she became famous not for her reign but for her 4 marriages.
- Giovanna II was queen of Naples until her death in 1435, she was famous for the legend not for her reign.
- People for centuries belived that the queen had a secret trapdoor in the castle, when the lovers had done their duty she threw them on the secret trapdoor to be eaten by the sea creatures.
- Another legend about the castle is the 2 undergoud chambres known as the crocodile pit and baron's conspiracy prison.
-The Aragonese took the power after the Angevins and they made castel nuovo the political and cultural center , the new king chose Guglielmo Sagrera , an architect, to made the castle what it is today.
Sveva capuozzo Francesca De Bonis Marialuisa Migliore
Dear Mrs Pickens,I talk about "Castel Nuovo":
1.Castel Nuovo, better known as the Maschio Angioino, is one of the most famous and beautiful castles in Italy. Its façade dominates Piazza Municipio. Charles of Anjou was to have built the castle, he chose the area known as Campus Oppidi. Work began in 1279.
2.Giotto came to the city in 1328 as the official court painter to decorate the most important rooms in the Maschio Angioino. In the rooms were only three series of frescoes which Giotto painted in the castle.
3.When the king died he was succeeded by 2 queens. They were both called Giovanna and both were members of the Anjou family. The first was king Roberto’s niece, the second Ladislao’ s sister.
4.Giovanna I of Anjou became head of the kingdom of Naples when she was only just 18. She became famous for the tenacity with which she ruled and defended the throne, and for her four marriages, the first of which was sealed when she was only 7 years old. Legend has it that she had numerous lovers and had them all killed.
5.Giovanna II was queen of Naples from 1414 until her death in 1435. She was the daughter of Charles of Anjou at 41 years of age after the death of her first husband, Duke Guglielmo d’Austria. The queen was said to receive lovers from all walks of life in her boudoir and that, once they had satisfied her lust, she would simply have them killed in order to safeguard her reputation. Some of her most famous victims include Sergianni Caracciolo. When he started to become a problem for her, she had him beaten to death inside Castel Capuano. People, for centuries, used to say that the queen had a secret trapdoor in the castle. Once her lovers had done their “duty”, she would toss them down through the trapdoor to be eaten by crocodile. When Giovanna II died in Naples, it signalled the end of the Angevin dynasty.
6.The Aragonese dynasty also used the New Castle as the center of their power. They seized the throne in 1442 when, after a long siege, Alfonso d’Aragona came to town. The new King did some major renovation work on his royal residence. He chose the architect Guglielmo Sagrera.
THE SEBETO RIVER
1)Sebeto is a mythical name of the first settlements in Naples,the original name was
Sepeithos.
2)we found in one coin the oldest testimony of the
river Sebeto,which maybe dates back to the second half of V century B.C. shows the head of a young man with a horn in the middle of his forehead and hair flowing down to his shoulders.
3)Other important evidence of the existence of the Sebeto is provided by epigraphs During the
archaeological work near the Porta del Mercato.
Sara Tortorelli 112000341
‘O Cuorpo ‘e Napule : the Nile Statue
1)The history of Naples is richly interwoven with stories linked to the existence of foreign
communities who had settled in Naples for reasons of trade and commerce.
2)A group of
merchants and sailors from Alexandria in Egypt settled in the area to the far East of the
lower plateia of Neapolis, known as piazzetta Nilo today. The medieval name given to the
place confirms this.
3)The pedestrian area which opens out to the East
of Piazza San Domenico Maggiore also takes its name from the Nile, a river which was dear
to the Egyptian people and a divinity to be worshipped. When the merchants left, the river
god and his white marble statue, were buried and forgotten.
Sara Tortorelli 112000341
Myth and history surrounding Castel dell'Ovo:
1) Castel dell'Ovo stands on the small island of Megaride. Its name is linked to the legend of magic egg, capable of protecting the city from disaster or danger.
2) The first settlement of the city was built by the Greeks on this island. In Roman period the island became part of the villa of Lucullo and it houses very big feasts.
3) After the death of Lucullo the island was transformed in a fort.
4) In the V century a community of monks lived in the island and they welcomed Saint Patrizia that escaped from Costantinople.
5) The Normans and Federico II of Svevia built many towers. With the Angevins the castle went back to being used as a prison, until XIX century.
6) In 1370 the castle was damaged by violent tsunami and the people believed that the magic egg was broken. The queen Giovanna I had to replace it.
7) In 1799 the castle was occupated by the leaders of the Repubblica Partenopea. Today the castle is one of the city's most popular tourist attraction's.
Melany Ferrandino 112000261
Francesco Balestriere 112000324
The history and legend surrounding the Castrum Novum
-Castel Nuovo is one of the most symbolic and famous castles in Italy. Charles of Anjou, the head of the French dynasty in Naples commissioned the building, were chosen a group of French architect, and building work started in 1279.
-Castel Nuovo, better known as Maschio Angioino, was at the centre of international politics, artistic and cultural life. Petrarca, Boccaccio and Giotto worked in the castle for the king Robert the Wise.
-A lot of legends around Castrum Novum are connected to the two Queens Giovanna I and Giovanna II and their both lovers, and also the two underground chambers known as the " Crocodile pit" and the "Barons' conspiracy prision".
-The Aragonese came to power in 1442. The new King did some renovation eork on his new royal residence.He chose the architect Gugliemo Sagrera who made Castel Nuovo what it is today.
Paola Massa 112000250
Lorenza Longobardi 112000313
Dear Mrs Pickens,
I talk about "Virgil the Magician"
1) Publio Virgilio Marone (70-19 B.C.), was an important latin poet and also a benefactor of Naples. During the Middle Ages he acquired legendary status because he became associated whit mysticism and magic powers
2) Many people, such as the Chancellor of Emperor Arrigo VII’s, Corrado di Querfurt, recount the miracles this poet-magician performed. For example Virgilio made a bronze
horse which could cure horses and he produced a fly which could rid the city of its insects. He was responsible for creating some thermal baths near Baia and he had a remedy for safeguarding the city from volcanic eruptions too.
In addition, another legend says that the poet dug a long tunnel, colled Crypta Neapolitana. This tunnel, through the tuff, was in the Piedigrotta area and its purpose was to facilitate the connection between Naples and Pozzuoli.
3)His tomb was traditionally identified in the remains of a Roman Columbarium on Via Puteolana. In the Roman Imperial Age it was an important place of pilgrimage; and today this tomb is part of the visitors’ tour of the park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta.
Margherita Iovieno
Matr. 112000311
Myth and history surrounding Castel dell'Ovo
1) Castel dell'Ovo stands on the small island of Megaride its name is linked to the legend of the magic egg, capable of protecting the city and its people from disaster or danger.
2) With the arrival of the Romans the island became part of the villa of patrician Lucio Licinio Lucullo.
Lucullus introduced fruit trees like cherry and peach. Sumptuous feasts were eaten in the shade of these trees.
3) Odoacre king of the Eruli, deposed the last Roman Emperor in the west, Romolus Augustolus and imprisoned him the fort Castel dell'Ovo until his death.
4) Ruggero the Norman planned a defence system which included the Castel dell'Ovo.
With the Angevins, the castle became the Royal Treasury. The castle was used as prison for many century.
Fabrizia Cocozza 112000301
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
we talk about "O Cuorpo 'e Napule: the Nile Statue".
Some merchants and sailors from Alexandria of Egypt moved and settled in the area of Naples known today as piazzetta Nilo. With their arrive, they brought the cult of the river god Nile in the city and the built a marble statue to worship him. When they left, the statue and the god were forgotten. The statue, decipting the deity in typical Greek style, re-emerged in the XVI century when the old seat of Parliament was knocked down. Found headless, it was initially thoughy to be the body of a woman who symbolised Neaples breastfeeding her children. The statue was also known as "O Cuorpo 'e Napule".
Martina Iacuaniello 112000099
Sveva Di Palma 112000101
Vittorio Russo
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
we talk about "O Cuorpo 'e Napule: the Nile Statue".
Some merchants and sailors from Alexandria of Egypt moved and settled in the area of Naples known today as piazzetta Nilo. With their arrive, they brought the cult of the river god Nile in the city and the built a marble statue to worship him. When they left, the statue and the god were forgotten. The statue, decipting the deity in typical Greek style, re-emerged in the XVI century when the old seat of Parliament was knocked down. Found headless, it was initially thoughy to be the body of a woman who symbolised Neaples breastfeeding her children. The statue was also known as "O Cuorpo 'e Napule".
Martina Iacuaniello 112000099
Sveva Di Palma 112000101
Vittorio Russo 112000061
THE SIREN PARTHENOPE :
1)What or who is related to the origin of the city of Naples?
The origins of the city of Naples are linked to the myth of the Siren Parthenope. The story begins on the island of Megaride where the original nucleus of the city originated. This settlement lay near the tomb of the young siren Parthenope who, devastated at her inability to make Ulysses fall in love, was washed up on Megaride.
2)Who were the sirens?
The sirens, who were represented as monstrous creatures, were called Parthenope, Ligeia and Leucosia and they were daughters of the Muse Calliope and the river Acheloo. They became famous for their songs with which they made unconscious the sailors who passed through their seas to the point of crashing them into the rocks.
3)Were there some evidences of the presence of the sirens in Campania?
Along the Campanian coastline there were many shrines to the Sirens such as those on the islands in the Sorrento Peninsula which are know as the “Sirunusse” and “scogli delle Sirene”.
ROSANNA COPPOLA 112000398 , ROSARIA REALE 112000288.
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I talk about"The Isiaci Mysteries"
The goddess Isis was identified with the moon and considered a deity related to magic and the underworld in fact, according to the myth, with the help of her sister Nephthys assembled the parts of her husband Osiris bringing it to life. The goddess is also represented in various ways, first as cow with horns or as a woman with wings of a bird. But usually she is recognized as a woman wearing a throne on the head and a lotus in her hand as a symbol of fertility. Her cult has left a mark on the Neapolitan culture and you can identify it in the horseshoe.
Rosaria Reale 112000288
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I talk about " O Gegante'e palazzo and Neapolitan satire"
The statue of the “Palace Giant” , was found in the seventeenth century in Cuma during the course of excavations of Capitolium and brought them to Naples in 1668 at the behest of the Spanish Viceroy don Pedro Antonio d’Aragon . Today the statue of the “Giant” is placed in the garden of the National Archaeological Museum. The statue appears in the drawings and prints of the period as a symbol of the city, dubbed by the Neapolitans and Palace Giant. Naples was the site where the satires were carried out against the authorities. The production of poetry was popular, the lines were sharp and provocative, and were attacked under the statue many satirical writings. But in 1807 King Giuseppe Bonaparte, enduring satires, ordered the removal of the statue from the square where it was first placed.
Rosanna Coppola 112000398
Roberta Crasto 112000052
THE SIREN PARTHENOPE:
1)The story of the city of Naples is mostly linked to the Siren Parthenope, there are various version of the myth.
2)The first nucleus of the city originated on the island of Megaride, only after that Parthenope was washed up on the island because she couldn't stop Ulisses coming back from Troy.
3)The Sirens linked to the myth werw Parthenope, Ligeia and Leucosia monstrous creatures half bird and half woman. They bewitched any sailors with houting song.
VIRGIL THE MAGICIAN:
1) Publio Virgilio Marone was a latin poet, but he was also supposed to be a magician.
2)Some medieval biographers recount that Virgilio made various miracles to defend the city of Naples that he loved so much.
3)According to tradition Virgilio was buried near the entrance of the Crypta Neapolitana, the long tunnel that linked Naples to Pozzuoli that he was supposed to built it.
Dear prof.Pickens we write here the story of "The Siren Parthenope"
1)The history of Naples, is based on the first core of the city called Parthenope.
2)according to myth, the sirens have been described as a monstrous animal, half bird and half women, transformed into monsters by Demeter who wanted to punish them for failing to prevent the capture of her daughter Persephone.
3)Parthenope was seen as a monster by sailors
Filomena Testa 112000373
Rosa Fico 112000354
May 13, 2012
Mithra and the Carminiello ai Mannesi Thermalcomplex
1)There are many Oriental cults in Naples, one of these is the god Mithra was found where an ancient complex. This building was abandoned in the fifth century BC. In the seventeenth century the complex was incorporated into the church originally called "The Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Mannesi", now called Carminiello
2)The myth dates back to Naples presumably the mid-second century a.c and it is said that the cult was introduced by slaves and military veterans
3)Mithra’s myth originated in Persia, in 1300 b.C. Many soldiers worshipped him. We can see the place of worship by a stucco relief of the god Mithra, depicting him sacrificing a bull.
Rosa Fico 112000354
May 13, 2012
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
I talk about "Mithra and the Carminiello ai Mannesi Thermal Complex".
1)Sono molti ci Culti orientali a Napoli, Uno dei Quali incentrato Attorno al dio Mitra, colomba fu Trovato Antico Bagno delle Nazioni Unite. this was edificio Abbandonato NEL XVI Vcentry ADIN centry, l'Intero Complesso fu inglobato NELLA stessa chiesa originariamente CHIAMATA Chiesa di Santa Maria del C Armine ai Mannesi e poi ribattezzata "del Carminiello".
2) Il mito napoletano Risale presumibilmente alla Metà IIcentry Adit SI ritiene Che il Culto was Introdotto Dagli Schiavi e Veterani Dai militari.
3)The images of the god usually have portrayed him in his Phrygian cap, cut the throat of a sacrificial bull surrounded by other animals: a dog and a snake do to the victim's blood and a scorpion grabbing the bull's testicles
Filomena Testa 112000373
May 14, 2012
Colapesce :
1)The Legend of Colapesce says it was a good swimmer, his body was half man and half fish
2) Colapesce could live on the sea floor and it is said that he had taken the jewels found in the islands of Megaride.
3) has become the symbol of the port area
Rosa Fico 112000354
Filomena Testa 112000373
May 14, 2012
Jacopo Deleacaes 012002682
THE SIREN PARTHENOPE:
1) The original place, that regarded the myth of Sirena Parthenope, was the Sorrento Penisula.
2) In this legend, or myth that regarded the Sirena Parthenope, there was an important history person: Ulysses, that way back from Troy.
3) Other important aspect presented, was the island in the Sorrento Penisula definited "Sirunusse" or "scogli delle Sirene".
MITHRA AND THE CARMINIELLO AI MANNESI THERMAL COMPLEX:
1) Other important cult, that were most popular in Naples, was the god Mithra.
2) These is a oriental cult to an Imperial Roman Age, was found in the Via Duomo area.
3) The exact period of this cult, about the Middle Ages, in XVI century.
THE ISIACI MYSTERIES:
1) Isis was an mystery secret of Neapolis.
2) The goddnes was associated with the moon, and regard these planet was associated at rituals originased by the alessandrini community.
3) These cult is ispirated at popular goddnes from Egypt and also considered a cult of fertility.
VIRGIL THE MAGICIAN:
1) Publio Virgilio Marone was an important Latin poet during the Middle Age - associated with mysticism and magic powers - in the city of Naples, Virgilio is considered an benefactor.
2) In the his villa, from area of Pousilypon, the roman poet fondated the "Virgil's School" for teach his performance.
3) The poet died from Naples - this tomb is situated in the tuff in the Piedigrotta area - definited Crypta Neapolitana.
Dear Mrs. Pickens,
the myth that I have chosen is "The Isiaci Mysteries".
Isis is an Egyptian goddess, also known as Osiris, very important because associated with magic and the underworld. Is identified with the moon, even if it is depicted with human features, a woman dressed wearing a throne and holding a lotus. Some images, however, give a look animal: a cow, or bovine horns between which lies the sun, or as a hawk or a woman with wings.
It was also considered the goddess of nature fruitful, whose influence is felt on humans, animals and plants.
The Neapolitans have always had a cult of the moon, the night, but in particular in magic and in particular for the superstitious rites. The horseshoe it is a prime example, as it represents the horns of Isis, the mother's womb and the half moon, symbols of fertility.
Simonetta Gaudino
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Conservazione e restauro dei beni culturali
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