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Avec Christine, on a fêté nos 40 ans d'amitié en faisant un voyage de 15 jours en Sicile. Cette fois, on est basés à Modica.

On passe la journée à Syracuse (Siracusa). La ville est séparée en 2 parties. Nous voici maintenant dans la partie "terrestre", Siracusa Neapolis, plus précisément dans le Parc Archéologique de Néapolis.

Les Latomies, carrières grecques puis prisons. Sur la première photo, "Ikaria e Ikario" à gauche, "Grande Sonno" ; sur les 2 et 3, la fameuse Oreille de Denys, à l'écho réverbérant, sur la 4, encore Igor Mitoraj, "Dedalo".

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia, edited by Giovanni Casadio and Patricia Johnston

Neapolitan is one of the richest language I've ever heard

Hi there anon! Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on the historical evolution of Neapolitan. I was lucky enough to ask some Neapolitan speakers for a quality check on everything I wrote in my old posts.

However, since Steel Ball Run is set in 1890, I should look out for that specific diatopic and diachronic variation.

I'm going to ask my Sociolinguistic professor if there's some specific online corpus about Naepolitan in 1890, but to be honest I don't think there's such a thing.

What I can do for now is suggesting you a historical and very popular expression that originated in the 1800s and that Gyro would probably know:

"Mannaggia a Bubbà" (also known in the variations 'Mannaggia Bubbà' and 'Mannaggia beabà') is an historical Neapolitan exclamation.

Today this expression is no longer in use.

The literal translation of "Mannaggia a Bubbà" is "Damn you Bubbà" and refers to Bubbà, an infamous man who lived in the Neapolitan slums during the 19th century and was known to be involved in every shady business or situation. If something went wrong back then, people would confidently blame 'Bubbà', certain that he was somehow involved. In popular culture, 'Bubbà' worked as a 'scapegoat' and was cited on every unfavorable occasion.

Another thing I can do is translating one of the most iconic Gyro's line in current Neapolitan:

Gyro:"Rinc 'e ì a fancul, Johnny."

(Tell them to go eat shit, Johnny.)

Johnny: "Tell them yourself."

Gyro: "Ma vafancul strunz! Car ro cavall e spiezzt 'o cul!"

(Eat shit asshole! Fall off your horse and break your neck! )

Here are some books you can check:

"Dialetto Napoletano. Manuale di scrittura e di dizione" by Vitale Giovanni, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2009.

Napoli Expò Art Polis, al Palazzo delle Arti la VII edizione

Torna l’appuntamento con le arti figurative al Napoli Expò Art Polis: tele, fotografie e sculture degli oltre 50 artisti in mostra al PAN-Palazzo Delle Arti, dal 21 luglio al 6 settembre.Continue reading

"(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, SEPTEMBER 26 - A team of Italian researchers will rebuild for the first time in Tunisia the exact botanical composition of an ancient garden inside an aristocratic villa from 2,000 years ago, starting with pollen." "The Nymfarum Domus, a luxurious "domus" from about 400 A.D., is situated at the centre of Neapolis in the Gulf of Hammamet, in the area of Nabeul."