Images of Sicily

 

Motya Island, Sicily

The Giovanni of Motya

 

Rocks of the Cyclops
Thrown by the Cyclops Polyphemus at Odysseus
as the latter escaped

 

Taormina, Sicily
Roman Baths

 

Megara Hybleia, Sicily
The Old before the New

 

 

Roman Amphitheatre, Syracuse, Sicily

 
 

Ear of Dionysus, Syracuse, Sicily

Where the Chorus would practice  . . . how resonant!

 

Greek Theatre, Syracuse, Sicily

 

Ruins of Eloro, Sicily

 

 

Ruins of Eraclea Minor, Sicily
Theatre

 

Agrigento Museo, Sicily
Krater attributed to Niobid Painter, c. 460 BC
Neck: Centauromachy (Battle with the Centaurs)
Body:  Amazonomachy (Battle with the Amazons)

 

Agrigento Museo, Sicily
Smaller than Life-size Soldier, ca. 480 BC
Found near Temple of Demeter, 1897




Agrigento, Sicily
Temple of Concordia



Agrigento, Sicily
Temple of Concordia
Architectural Details




Motya Island, Sicily





Motya Island, Sicily

Casa Mosaici





Erice, Sicily
View from the Temple of Venus
This place was beseiged by the Romans in the First Punic War




Segesta, Sicily
View from the Porta de Valle onto the Temple





Segesta, Sicily
The Unfinished Temple

 

Taormina, Sicily (East Coast) View of the Bay

Solunto, Sicily
Private Home off of the Via Agora

Solunto, Sicily

Street

 

 
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