Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories by Sartorius, Joachim
Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories by Sartorius, Joachim

Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories

A poetic and historical travelogue of Syracuse, Sicily. Twenty-five hundred years ago, the city of Syracuse on...
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Author: Joachim Sartorius
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories by Sartorius, Joachim

Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories

$59.40
Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories by Sartorius, Joachim

Syracuse: Sicily's City of Stories

$59.40
Author: Joachim Sartorius
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A poetic and historical travelogue of Syracuse, Sicily.

Twenty-five hundred years ago, the city of Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily was, for the Ancient Greeks, one of the centers of the classical world. It was in Syracuse that Aeschylus premiered his plays, and to Syracuse that Plato would visit from Athens, where the tyrant Dionysius bought Euripides's lyre at auction, and the languishing nymph Arethusa hid in the papyrus grove.

Living in the city, the poet Joachim Sartorius learned that this history and myth is still present today. At Sartorius's side, we walk with nymphs and cyclops through the old town of Ortigia and meet the people of the city: its notables, police officers, artists, and barbers.

Unraveling the depths of Sicilian history and bringing the juxtaposition, superimposition, and commingling of cultures, styles, and attitudes to life, Sartorius shows a city of ancient luminosity, bringing us, through the baroque, to the contemporary world.

Author: Joachim Sartorius
Publisher: Haus Pub.
Published: 04/01/2025
Pages: 156
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781914982125

About the Author
Joachim Sartorius is a poet, translator, and cultural critic. He grew up in Tunis and spent twenty years in the German diplomatic service in New York, Istanbul, and Nicosia. He was secretary general of the Goethe-Institut until 2000, and from 2001 to 2011 he was director of the Berlin Festival. He is the author of My Cyprus and The Princes' Islands. Stephen Brown is a playwright, translator, and cultural critic. His translations from German include Sartorius's The Princes' Islands and Birgit Haustedt's Rilke's Venice.
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