Classical Guidebooks
Gill Greef's book is a model of the sort of book required by pupils on a Classics
trip abroad and is much more accessible than conventional tourist guidebooks -
Contents:
- History
- Temple Plans
- The Doric order
- Some Greek colonies
- Palermo
- Monreale
- Segesta
- Selinus
- Cave di Cusa
- Acragas
- Modern Agrigento
- Piazza Armerina
- Noto
- Syracuse area map
- Syracuse history
- Syracuse
- Catania
- Naxos
- Taormina
- Mount Etna
- Alcantara gorge
- Messina
- Cefalu
- The Sicilian expedition
- Dionysius of Syracuse
- Archimedes
SICILY
A tour through history
ISBN 978 09532513 6 0
A circular tour of the island focusing mainly on Classical sites but also with notes on the major buildings of Norman and later times and stories from the ancient authors.
65pp
£5
Palatine Chapel, Palermo
Mount Etna
The Cathedral, Syracuse
Selinus - Temple C
The winner, Piazza Armerina
Greco-Roman theatre, Taormina
Temple of Concord, Agrigento
Temple of Concord, Agrigento
Segesta
S Giovanni degli Eremiti
Griffon, Piazza Armerina
Carnival in Taormina
Aulos player
Deer, Piazza Armerina
Theatre, Syracuse