{"id":1112,"date":"2022-04-05T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/?page_id=1112"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T10:40:05","slug":"the-rocks-of-the-cyclops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/the-rocks-of-the-cyclops\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rocks of the Cyclops"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1112\" class=\"elementor elementor-1112\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f4aad4 elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0f4aad4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a5c600\" data-id=\"9a5c600\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38a2bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b38a2bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">THE ROCKS OF THE CYCLOPS<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><i>Etna and the encounter with the Cyclops<\/i><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3e5c3c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3e5c3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6df846\" data-id=\"d6df846\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e098026 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e098026\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9285098\" data-id=\"9285098\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b54ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55b54ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>THE ROCKS OF THE CYCLOPS<\/strong><\/h3><p>During their long voyage in the Mediterranean, the Trojans cross the <strong>Gulf of Tarentum<\/strong>, pass the sanctuary of <strong>Hera Lacinia <\/strong>(today Capo Colonna in Calabria) and arrive at <strong>Charybdis<\/strong>, where they manage to escape the dangerous whirlpool, located in the Strait of Messina.<\/p><p>In the evening, tired and unaware, they disembark on the <strong>rocks of the<\/strong> <strong>Cyclops<\/strong>, dominated by the massive and threatening mass of <strong>Etna<\/strong>. Dark clouds of smoke predict that the volcano is about to erupt. Taking refuge in a wood, Aeneas and his companions watch the magnificent spectacle of the mountain which, amidst sinister roars, shakes and spews fiery lava.<\/p><p>At dawn, the Trojans meet a terrified man covered in rags: he is the <strong>Greek Achaemenides<\/strong>, forgotten there by <strong>Ulysses <\/strong>in the fury of his departure. The man, recalling the monstrous cruelty of <strong>Polyphemus<\/strong>, urges the Trojans to flee. And in fact the Cyclops appears, gigantic and horrible, with its one eyehole empty and bleeding: Aeneas and his men rush to the ships, taking with them Achemenides, once their enemy but now a travelling companion in need of help.<\/p><p>Rowing vigorously, and frightened, they head out to sea, while Polyphemus enters the water amidst the waves and tries to grab them with his huge hand. When he realises that the Trojans have managed to escape, Polyphemus lets out a scream so powerful that it shakes the sea and the land. At that cry the other Cyclops come running, but fortunately Aeneas and his men are far away and out of reach.<\/p><p>\u00a9 Photo by Piermanuele Sberni on Unsplash<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ROCKS OF THE CYCLOPS Etna and the encounter with the Cyclops THE ROCKS OF THE CYCLOPS During their long voyage in the Mediterranean, the Trojans<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}