Monthly Archives: February 2009

Today was the Greek colony of Naxos, agreed by the Greek sources to be the first of the Greek colonies in Sicily — but a bit of an odd one. Not much land, no columns in the temples, Sicels very… Continue reading →

Warm sun greeted our first trip to Syracuse, where we were able to compare Cleomenes' Temple of Apollo (c.600) to Gelon's Temple of Athena (c.480), as well as spend some time exploring the island of Ortygia with its beautiful spring… Continue reading →

Today was the first field trip of the Mediterranean cultures class, to Megara Hyblaea, a relatively pristine archaeological site, nestled between two large oil refineries. Rain threatened, but held off until the afternoon, though it was a little cold.For more… Continue reading →

We had our first non-academic field trip yesterday to the wetlands of the Vendicari nature reserve on the southeastern corner of the island. The wetlands represent one of the main crossing points for migrating birds to and from Africa, though… Continue reading →