Naples The City Of The Sun And Parthenope The Role Of Astronomy Mythology And Pythagoras In The Urban Planning Of Neapolis PDF Download

Excerpt from Naples: The City of Parthenope and Its Enbirons Long centuries ago, when sirens dwelt on islands and naiads haunted rivers and springs, when nymphs thronged in forest glades where trees oft held imprisoned dryads, when sibyls made their homes in caves and grottos, the peninsula of Naples was a favorite haunt of these mysterious beings; and we can but count the Fates most kind to Parthenope when she was cast upon a shore so fitting for her home. That she should here have built her Neapolis - New City - and here have been buried, as Strabo tells us, seems but what any siren, ancient or modern, would have done had she the power. Here were the Elysian and the Phlegraean Fields: the first - "Clothed in the delicate atmosphere of Spring, Sprouting with young vines, redolent of the fruit And flower of orange, true Hesperian gold, And the wide whisper of the violet;" while in sad contrast the second stood - "Where Titan force still heaves The uncertain bases of the vernal hills; Volcanic bowls, smouldering and boiling yet, Or brimmed with cool oblivion of the wave." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."