Myth, fire, and the supervolcanic origins of the city. By H. Hashni Naples is a city built under the foot of the famous volcano, Mount Vesuvius, but many people do not know that another huge volcanic area lies just beside it. This place is called the Phlegraean Fields, the place where it all started. It […]
Threads of The Sea: 3. Parthenope: The Ancient Heart of Napoli
For millennia, Greeks, Phoenicians, and Etruscans vied for dominion over the Mediterranean. As the latin historian Titus Livius tells us (Ab Urbe condita VIII, 22) after colonizing Cumae, the Greeks foundedParthenope and Dicearchia ( modern-day Pozzuoli). Parthenope stood on a hill surrounded on three sides by the sea: To the west lay the Chiaia beach; […]