A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily: Tending to Illustrate Some Districts, which Have Not Been Described by Mr. Eustace, in His Classical Tour, Volum 1J. Mawman, 1819 - 557 pàgines After the death of his wife, antiquarian Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) left his only child in England and embarked on a series of journeys through continental Europe in pursuit of 'novelty, pleasure and information' in order to assuage his grief. At the end of the 1780s he deliberately diverged from the more conventional tourist trail in favour of a route through the then less-documented areas of Italy and down into Sicily, using classical authors as his guides. This work, first published in 1819, draws heavily on his daily journal entries to elucidate areas and points of interest that he felt had been overlooked in previous guides to Italy. Quotations from Horace, Tacitus and Pliny pertaining to ancient sites and practices are frequently included in Hoare's narrative, and he meticulously recreates the journey from Rome to Brundisium described by Horace in his Satires. |
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A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily: Tending to Illustrate ..., Volum 1 Sir Richard Colt Hoare Visualització completa - 1819 |
A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily: Tending to Illustrate ..., Volum 1 Richard Colt Hoare Visualització completa - 1819 |
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adjoining afterwards Agrigentum amphitheatre ancient city appears Appian atque Bagaria basso relievos bears beautiful belonging beneath bridge built called Camarina Carthaginians castle Catania celebrated church of St Cicero Cluverius columns considerable convent corn cultivated declivity Diodorus distance DIVI Ducetius eminence Emperor erected extensive Fazellus formed fragments Fucine Lake Grotto hill honour inhabitants inscription Isernia island journey lake land Latina lava Lilybæum Liris lodging lofty magnificent Malta marble Marius Marruvium mentioned miles modern Monte mountains Naples nature numerous observed opus reticulatum original Osteria Palermo pavement picturesque plain Populonia port Porto Ferrajo present preserved quæ quod remains river road rock Roman Rome ruins sea coast Selinunte sepulchral shore Sicilian Sicily side singular situated spot stones Strabo subterraneous summit supposed Syracusans Syracuse Teano temple tion town traces traveller traversed trees vaults vestiges Via Appia Via Latina Via Valeria villa walls