Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome CAAMEMBER both as a special attraction

both as a special attraction and as an expression of power

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Religious art embodies a complicated amalgam of the aesthetic and the numinous

Contributors provide the first balanced discussion of the sculpture's authenticity

Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome CAAMEMBER both as a special attractionEdited by Claire L. Lyons, Michael Bennett, and Clemente Marconi Ancient Sicily, a prosperous island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, occupied a pivotal place between Greece, North Africa, and the Italian peninsula. In the late eighth century BCE, migrs from the Greek mainland founded colonies along the shores of the region they knew as Sikelia, bringing with them the dialects, customs, and religious practices of their homelands. Dearest of all