Sicily and the Sea /

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201).. - Preface. Introduction : Sicily and the Mediterranean world / Diederik Burgersduk -- Sicily's geological archive / Johan Meulenkamp. Chapter 1 Maritime archaeology : Maritime archaeology in Sicily / Floriana Agneto -- Archaeological cultural underwater routes / Alessandra de Caro -- Marble-laden ships / Sebastiano Tusa -- Sicily's submerged structures / Francesca Oliveri -- Methods and techniques in maritime archaeology / Stefano Zangara. Chapter 2 Sicily in pre-and protohistory : Sicily and the sea in prehistory / Jorrit Kelder -- Phoenicians in Sicily / Eleftheria Pappa. Chapter 3 Trade and colonisation : The Greeks in Sicily / Carol Atak -- Sicily, land of cyclops' songs / Jacqueline Klooster -- Demeter on Sicily / Kees Neeft -- Between rivers and seas: aquatic images on Greek coins from Sicily / Paul Beliën -- Sicily and the birth of rhetoric / Casper C. de Jonge -- Archimedes' mastermind / André Klukhuhn -- Temples and community in Greek Sicily / Floris van den Eijnde -- The shipwreck Gela / Nicolò Bruno -- The shipwreck of Capistello (Lipari) / Adriana Fresina -- The shipwreck Panarea III / Roberto la Rocca. Chapter 4 Carthage and Rome : Sicily and the Punic Wars / Jonathan Prag -- Carthage and the spoils of the Sicilian Wars / Roald Docter -- Sicily under Roman republican rule: Roman province and slave kingdom / David Engels -- Sicily as a refuge / Willem van Maanen -- The fragmentary voices of the sea: Sicily as a stage in Virgil's Aeneid / Siward Tacoma -- Sicily the The Rape of Proserpine by Claudian / Piet Gerbrandy -- Roman Sicily and the sea / Roger J.A. Wilson -- The wrecks of Camarina / Giovanni di Stefano -- The late-Roman shipwreck of the ancient port of Scauri on Pantelleria / Roberto la Rocca -- The Levanzo I shipwreck / Jeffrey Royal. Chapter 5 New powers : Jews and Christians in late antiquity / Leonard V. Rutgers -- Syracuse in the Byzantine period / Wim Aerts -- The Arab conquest of Sicily / Maaike van Berkel -- Medieval Sicily: an island open on all sides / David Abulafia -- dreams of harmony: multiculturalism and Norman Sicily / David Ruser -- The Marausa wreck / Antonella Testa -- The medieval Arabo-Sicilian shipwreck of Cala Galera at Favignana / Fabrizio Sgroi -- The medieval shipwrecks of Western Sicily / Philppe Tisseyre. Chapter 6 The early-modern period : Tommaso Fazello: the Sicilian Livy / Richard Calis -- Sicily's role in art history: the case of Antonello da Messina / Marieke van den Doel -- Pirandello's house: between movement and standstill / Harald Hendrix -- Michiel de Ruyter in Sicilian waters / Ronald Prud'homme van Reine -- The Risorgimento and the sea / Asker Pelgrom -- The artillery cargo of the Parissona Grossa, discovered at Sciacca / Eliana Mauro. Chapter 7 Sicily in the artistic imagination : Uncovering, preserving and presenting the past: Sicilian archaeology and heritage / Alexandra Sofroniew -- In another country: Sicily on the silver screen / Arthur Weststeijn -- Rossini's aria that celebrates the love for the Fatherland / Hein van Eekert. Chapter 8 Modern Sicily : The invasion of Sicily in 1943 / Marco Poelwijk -- Landing in Sicily: signs of "Operation Husky" / Emilia Salerno -- The Messina Conference of 1955 / Guido As -- Modern politics in Sicily / Marc Leijendekker -- Sicily and its fishes / Maurizio d'Atri -- Folk-tales: musical stories of people and fish / Vincenzo Castellana. Further reading -- Authors -- Credits.. - Inspired by Sicily's archaeological and cultural treasures, this book offers an overview - or perhaps rather an anthology, since a complete survey, if at all possible, would soon become stifling - of the island's history and culture, paying attention not only to ancient and medieval shipwrecks, battles, economy and art, but also to typically Sicilian traditions (from folk-tales and tuna fishing to mafia fighters), modern politics, and the poets, novelists and filmmakers who lived on Sicily or were inspired by its unique character.. - Translated from the Dutch