SEGESTA

sĭjĕsˈtə, ancient city of NW Sicily. Traditionally called a Trojan colony, it was the longstanding and bitter rival of Selinus. Athens undertook (415–413 b.c.) the disastrous expedition against Syracuse as an ally of Segesta in troubles growing out of a quarrel with Selinus. After this failure, Segesta got the help of Carthage, and Selinus was sacked (409). Thereafter Segesta was a Carthaginian dependency with some interruptions until the First Punic War, when it surrendered to the Romans. It declined in the 1st cent. b.c. Amid its ruins is a fine temple to Ceres.

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books on: Segesta  - 217 results

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The Western Greeks: The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C
Book by T. J. Dunbabin; Clarendon Press, 1948
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy
...considerable remains of their chief city, Segesta, and their sacred place, Eryx. 1 Segesta appears thoroughly hellenized, Eryx is in...of the river-god Krimissos on the coins of Segesta as a dog. 5 The river-god takes the form...
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Newman's Way: The Odyssey of John Henry Newman
Book by Sean O'Faolain; The Devin-Adair Company, 1952
Subjects: Newman, John Henry--1801-1890
...briefly at Palermo on the way out they had gone to Segesta. Johns account of Segesta in his letters to his sisters explains everything...and Sicily-- Paestum, Agrigento, Selinunte, Segesta--none are so lovely and so impressive as those...
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The Etruscan
Book by Mika Waltari, Lily Leino; Putnam, 1956
Subjects: Finnish Fiction--20th Century--Translations Into English
...permits? The first task would be to free Segesta and all Eryx and sweep the Carthaginian...The bones of Phocaeans are rotting in Segesta's fields, and you no doubt had the...Massilia, but will take possession of Segesta and Eryx to which I have a legal right...
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Samuel Butler Author of Erewhon,(1835-1902): A Memoir - Vol. 2
Book by Henry Festing Jones; Macmillan, 1919
Subjects: Butler, Samuel--1835-1902, Fiction
...have been able to keep her tongue off" Segesta"if it had been in existence in her day...done, if there was a city so near as Segesta--unless, of course, it were as yet only an insignificant place. THE DATE OF SEGESTA In this case the date of the foundation...
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Greek Temples, Theatres, and Shrines
Book by Helmut Berve, Gottfried Gruben; Thames and Hudson, 1963
Subjects: Architecture, Greek, Shrines--Greece, Temples, Greek, Theaters--Greece
...of Concord and the following temple at Segesta are the last Doric peripteral structures...it had itself arranged its early end. SEGESTA Plates XXXIII, XXXVI, 154, 155, fig...north-west tip of Sicily, the ruins of Segesta are those not of a Greek, but of a barbarian...
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"Yonder Lies Your Hinterland": Rhodes, Baker and the Twisted Strands of the South African Architectural Tradition
Journal article by J.M. Claassen; Akroterion, 2009
...muggers). FIGURE 8 OMITTED The Rhodes monument was reputedly based on the famous ruins of the temple to Venus Erycina at Segesta. However, it more closely resembles the (Greek) altar of Zeus at Pergamum, or even of the (Roman) Sullan-era Fortuna...
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Science and the Literary Imagination: Voltaire and Goethe
Journal article by Charles Coulston Gillispie; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 96, 2006
Subjects: Age of Enlightenment, Physics, Poetry, Scholarships & fellowships
...that this or that form was a plant, if all were not built upon the same basic model?"29 On the road from the temple of Segesta back to Alcamo he noticed the young fennel: how, although there is a difference between upper and lower leaves, "the organism...
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Thomas Cole's River in the Catskills as Antipastoral
Journal article by Alan Wallach; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002
Subjects: Art criticism, Cole, Thomas (1801-48)
...property Cole owned in the city.75 How or exactly when Allen came into possession of River in the Catskills and Temple of Segesta with the Artist Sketching (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), which Cole had painted at about the same time, is unrecorded...
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The Say of Things
Journal article by Roald Hoffmann And Pierre Laszlo; Social Research, Vol. 65, 1998
Subjects: Social Sciences
...what would tempt us would be time travel -- to hear and see a Greek chorus in a Sophocles tragedy performed at Epidaurus or Segesta. Or to sit in on that Paris dinner in October 1774, given by M. and Mme. Lavoisier, and attended by that remarkable Unitarian...


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magazine articles on: Segesta  - 4 results

 
 
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Wonders of the World: Three Timeless Sicilian Places
Magazine article by Francine Prose; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 290, December 2002
Subjects: Italy--Description and travel
...stamina and a really hot car), visit Segesta, home to probably the most majestically...and the mercurial Sicilian light. What Segesta, Mozia, and Erice have in common is...mysterious. No one knows why the temple at Segesta was left unfinished--it has no roof...
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Wonders of the World: Three Timeless Sicilian Places
Magazine article by Francine Prose; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 290, December 2002
Subjects: Sicily--Description and travel, Travel--Personal narratives
...stamina and a really hot car), visit Segesta, home to probably the most majestically...and the mercurial Sicilian light. What Segesta, Mozia, and Erice have in common is...mysterious. No one knows why the temple at Segesta was left unfinished--it has no roof...
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Cultural Extremes: Prepare to Be Inspired-And Surprised-As Rough Guide Authors Samantha Cook and Greg Ward Introduce Some of the Biggest, Longest and, of Course, Oldest Sites of Historical Interest from around the World
Magazine article by Samantha Cook, Greg Ward; Geographical, Vol. 76, April 2004
...Roman Villa in Casale, unique for its 37 rooms floored with exquisite mosaics, Phoenician Motya and the classical sites of Segesta, Selinunte, Agrigento and Siracusa--plus, on the mainland, Paestum, Pompeii, Herculaneum and the incredible "Bronzes...
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Shifted Tideways: Liverpool's Changing Fortunes
Magazine article by Brian Hatton; The Architectural Review, Vol. 223, January 2008
Subjects: Liverpool, England--History
...Capek, Karel, Letters From England, 1924. 20. Triennale di Milano, I Racconti dellAbitare, Milan: Editrice Abiare Segesta, 1995, two vols. 21. Jarvis, Adrian, Liverpool Central Docks, op cit. 22. de Figueiredo, Peter, Symbols of Empire...


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newspaper articles on: Segesta  - 12 results

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Holidays: Hot Stuff in Sicily; My Holiday
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), February 20, 2009
...another day we visited the Greek amphitheatre and temple at Segesta. Sicily is a big place, and to see the famous sites we had...Taylor once supped See the Greek temple and amphitheatre at Segesta 6 Easter and spring events in the North-east 1 GREAT NORTH...
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Squaring the Circle; University of Birmingham's Music Department Heads for the Q Club. Christopher Morley Find out More Y
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 18, 2010
Subjects: Universities and colleges
...some of the people, the history and its remains (some of the most glorious Greek temple sites to found anywhere, especially Segesta), the great wines, and the sea... "I hope to spend six months of my year there. The long hours of sunshine encourage...
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THEY FLY, YOU BUY; New Budget Airline Routes Can Create Property Hotspots. Gareth Rubin Picks Five of the Best
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 29, 2010
...industry is healthy. But the main industry is still fishing. LOCAL ATTRACTION: Historical sites such as the ruined city of Segesta. AVERAGE FOUR-BEDROOM HOUSE: pounds sterling203,000. AVERAGE ONE-BEDROOM FLAT: pounds sterling72,000. WE FOUND...
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Battling Barry Spot On
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 21, 1996
...1 (Agg: 3-2); Guincamp (Fr) 1, Rotor Volgograd 0 (Agg 2-2) Guincamp win on away goals; Silkeborg (Den) 0, Segesta Sisak (Cro) 1 (Agg: 2-2, Silkeborg win on away goals). FA Carling Premiership - Leeds 0, Sheff Wed 2. Nationwide...
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Steel Deal
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 27, 2009
...Manchester Sept 5 from pounds 1,015, via Catania, Syracuse, Ortiga, Caltagirone, Agrigento, Selinunte, Marsala, Segesta, Palermo, Monreale and Taormina, with minimum star B B CALIFORNIA RAIL Archers Direct (0871 423 8638) 11-day journey...
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encyclopedia articles on: Segesta  - 4 results

 
 
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Segesta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEGESTA sijes t , ancient city of NW Sicily. Traditionally...disastrous expedition against Syracuse as an ally of Segesta in troubles growing out of a quarrel with Selinus. After this failure, Segesta got the help of Carthage, and Selinus was sacked...
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Sicily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Messina ), Gela , and Selinus and settled in older towns like Segesta . The Greek cities flourished and in turn founded such cities...been found on Sicily, especially at Agrigento, Syracuse, Segesta, and Selinunte. After the fall of Rome, Sicily passed from...
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Selinus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...c.) by Dorian Greeks. The constant rival of neighboring Segesta, Selinus got Syracuse to interfere in a quarrel, which led...unsuccessful Athenian expedition in Sicily (415 413 b.c.). Segesta invoked the aid of the Carthaginians, who sacked Selinus in...
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Alcamo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...It is an agricultural and industrial center and is noted for its white wine. The ruins of the ancient Greek settlement of Segesta are nearby. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...


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