Naples – The “Old” Old City
Ulysses withstood their seduction having been forewarned about the Sirens' ploy by the witch Circe. Devastated by her failure to lure Ulysses, the Siren Parthenope leapt into the sea and drowned. The...
View ArticleFrom Partenope to Neapolis – the “New” Old City
Free to continue their expansion, the Cumeans quickly established a new city just east of Partenope in 470 BCE. They called it Neapolis from the Greek "Nea" for new and "polis" for "city-state" or the...
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