Parc archéologique de Néapolis à Syracuse

Siracusa, Parco archeologico della Neapolis di Siracusa: “la grotta del Ninfeo” costruito intorno al II secolo a.C. presso la sommità del colle Temenite.
Il Ninfeo siracusano si pensa fosse l'antica sede del Mouseion (il santuario delle muse), sede della Corporazione degli artisti, dove gli attori siracusani si riunivano prima di scendere nel teatro per recitare le loro commedie o tragedie al tempo di Epicarmo e di Eschilo.

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Syracuse, The Archaeological Park of the Neapolis of Syracuse: the “Grotta del Ninfeo”, built in the second century BC.The grotta is located near the highest part of the little rocky relief, on a rectangular terrace which verges on the Greek theatre and opens at the centre of a stone wall where a closed portico in the form of an "L" was once found. At the entrance there were statues dedicated to the Muses, three of which (dated to the 2nd century BC) are still preserved and are on display at the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi. The fountain is dedicated to the Ancient Greek cult of the nymphs, nature goddesses. The name nymphaeum for a monumental, decorated fountain derives from this. The Syracusan nymphaeum is thought to have been the ancient location of the Mouseion (the sanctuary of the Muses), seat of the artistic guild, where the Syracusan actors gathered before descending into the theatre to put on comedies and tragedies in the time of Epicharmus and Aeschylus.
Parco archeologico della Neapoli, Siracusa (SR), Sicilia - Sicily, Italia - Italy

04 janv. 2004

GHR20A02_399

Droits gérés

85,6Mo (8,6Mo) / 56,8cm x 37,8cm / 6706 x 4462 (300dpi)