{"id":1203,"date":"2022-04-05T11:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/?page_id=1203"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:25:51","slug":"an-adventure-in-sicily","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/an-adventure-in-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"An adventure in Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1203\" class=\"elementor elementor-1203\">\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;\">AN ADVENTURE IN SICILY<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><i>Reconciliation and welcome<\/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>AN ADVENTURE IN SICILY<\/strong><\/h3><p>In the second book of the Aeneid, dedicated to <strong>Aeneas&#8217; account to Dido of the sad adventures of the Trojans<\/strong>, Virgil describes through Aeneas&#8217; own words <strong>the anger and desperation <\/strong>that assail Anchises&#8217; son in the face of the burning city and the slaughter of young and old alike. <strong>Aeneas <\/strong>would like to take revenge by killing as many enemies as possible, seeking death himself. His wife Creusa will restore his hope and give him a perspective for the future. In the story of that night, the possible seed of hatred and revenge against the Greeks appears.<\/p><p>During the long wanderings of Aeneas, he again encounters the enemy, a Greek: <strong>Achaemenides <\/strong>of Ithaca, companion of the most ruthless of the Greeks, <strong>Ulysses<\/strong>. The Trojans land in <strong>Sicily<\/strong>, on the slopes of <strong>Mount Etna <\/strong>(Book III, 564 et seq.). <strong>Ulysses <\/strong>also passed through there (Odyssey Book IX). Through his cunning he managed to blind the <strong>giant Polyphemus<\/strong>, son of Poseidon, in order to flee with his companions from the cave in which they were imprisoned, and to escape by sea. But Achaemenides, the last to reach the beach, was unable to board the ship with his companions. For a long time he has lived hidden in the woods at the foot of Mount Etna. He is ragged, tired, weak. What better occasion for Aeneas and his companions to take revenge for the destruction of Troy?<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-494 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-133x75.jpg 133w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pagina-Unavventura-in-Sicilia_Immagine-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><p><em>\u00a9Photo by Carla Vinci on Unsplash<\/em><\/p><p>But the Trojans do not see him as an enemy, but as <strong>an exile, a tired and frail man<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Aeneas&#8217; father, <strong>old Anchises<\/strong>, makes a gesture that Achaemenides had not foreseen. He <strong>offers his hand <\/strong>to Ulysses\u2019 companion and helps him get up.<\/p><p><em>&#8220;Father Anchises himself, without any hesitation, offers his hand to the young man and with that sign of peace encourages him<\/em>&#8216; (III, 610-611).<\/p><p>Achaemenides tells his story and confesses. In the Trojans, the instinct for revenge prevails over a feeling of human consideration in the common destiny of suffering.<\/p><p>But while the gesture of reconciliation is being made, Polyphemus is advancing from the mountain, turning towards the beach. Again, mortal danger. We must flee.<\/p><p><em>&#8220;Having welcomed the deserving beggar among us, we hasten our flight, trembling, and in silence we cast off; bent over, we ride the sea, using our oars for strength<\/em>&#8221; (III, 366-368).<\/p><p><em>\u00a9 Cover image: Photo by Giuseppe Famiani on Unsplash<\/em><\/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>AN ADVENTURE IN SICILY Reconciliation and welcome AN ADVENTURE IN SICILY In the second book of the Aeneid, dedicated to Aeneas&#8217; account to Dido of the<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-1203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203","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=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}