Empedocles in Sicily

Sicily in the Flavian World

Exedra Mediterranean Center Palazzo Francica Nava, via S. Landolina 5, Siracusa, SR, Italy

Sicily in the Flavian World An Academic Conference and Tour of Ancient Sites Organisers : Antony Augoustakis and  Joy Littlewood Southern Italy and Sicily (including nearby islands) are featured in Flavian literture, most prominently Silius Italicus' Punica among others, as places with a rich Greco-Roman history, exceptional fertility and idyllic landscapes. These southern regions also […]

Empedocles in Sicily

Exedra Mediterranean Center Palazzo Francica Nava, via S. Landolina 5, Siracusa, SR, Italy

A Thanksgiving Conference on Empedocles in Sicily Syracuse, Sicily, 20-23 November, 2023 With a post-conference excursion to Agrigento, November 24-25 Empedocles of Akragas (modern Agrigento) is arguably Sicily’s most important Greek intellectual. He is considered not only an influential philosopher, but also a poet, an orator, a doctor, and even a god. He was active […]

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