Volume 1

Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania / By the Rev. Thos. Smart Hughes.

  • Thomas Smart Hughes
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania / By the Rev. Thos. Smart Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. “VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. of Palermo—City and Noblesse—Experiment of the British Constitution—Sicilian Parlia- ment—Eyrrors of the British Authorities—Concise Account of Manners, &c. in the Sicilian Capital— Reflections on the general State of the Island—Departure from Palermo, and Arrival at Girgenti—Ancient Republic of Agrigentum, Commerce, Luxury, and Fine Arts—Splendid Site of the City—Description of its Temples and other Antiquities— Modern City of Girgenti upon Mount Camicus—Cathedral, Public Library, &c.—Festival at the Dominican Conyent— Excavations among the Tombs—Departure from Girgenti—Peasantry—Celebration of Har- vest-home—Music—Arrival at and Description of Castro Giovanni—Temple of Ceres—Lake of Proserpine—Ancient Castle converted into a Gaol—Scene among the Felons—Adminis- tration of Justice, and Prison Discipline—Account of Riots and Execution at Palermo..... CHAPTER II. Syracuse— Gates shut—Sleep on the Edge of the Great Harbour—Appearance of the same— Site d@oro—History of our Host—Visit to Arethusa— Account of Arethusa and Alpheus—Cas- tello di Maniace—Transportation of Santa Lucia’s Corpse, &c. to Constantinople—Infa- mous Conduct of a Marquess Geraci—Ancient Granaries, Walls, Towers, and Strength, of Ortygia—Circuit of the Ramparts— Author attacked by Fever—Convalescence, and Visit to the celebrated Antiquary D. Giuseppe Capodieci—Publie Library of Syracuse—Monument of Hierocles—National Museum, Torso of Venus, Statues of Ksculapius, Apollo, &c. Head of Jupiter Eleutherius, Marble Sarcophagi, Greek Paintings, epitaphial Inscriptions, Monu- ment of Perpenna; Terra-cotta Vases; Handle of a Vase inscribed with the Name of Aga- thocles; Character of that Prince—Return to the Leon d’oro—Sail in the Great Harbour— Promontory of Plemmyrium—Piazza, or great Square of Syracuse—Cathedral—Temple of Minerya—Its Conversion into a Christian Church—Temple of Diana—Baths of Daphne— Fortifications of the Isthmus—Fortress of Dionysius ].—Palace of Hiero—Roman Preto- rium—Saracenic Fort, ‘ Il Castello di Mahrietto”—Compendious History of Syracuse .... CHAPTER ITI. of Acradina—Cicero’s Description—Temple of Jupiter—Forum—Prytaneum— Plunder of the fine Arts in Syracuse by the Romans—Small Harbour and Vestiges of Buildings—House of Archimedes—Capuchin Convent—Beautiful Gardens in a Lautomia or ancient Stone Quarry—Church of Santa Lucia—Shrine and Image of the Saint—Supposed Ruins of the Hexacontaclinos, and Construction of a curious Arch—Baths excavated by the Cavaliere 37
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