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Monte Adranone, the Glossary

Monte Adranone is a mountain rising 900 metres above sea level in the north of the comune of Sambuca di Sicilia, in the Province of Agrigento.^[1]

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24 relations: Acropolis, Adranon, Agrigento, Amphora, Archaeological site, Bibliotheca historica, Comune, Defensive wall, Diodorus Siculus, Elymians, First Punic War, Magna Graecia, Pottery of ancient Greece, Province of Agrigento, Provinces of Italy, Punic people, Sacellum, Sambuca di Sicilia, Second Punic War, Selinunte, Sicani, Sicily, Temenos, Terracotta.
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Italy
Archaeological sites in the province of Agrigento
Mountains of Italy under 1000 metres
Mountains of Sicily

Acropolis

An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense.

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Adranon (Ἀδρανόν) or Adranos (Ἀδρανός), present day Adrano, was an ancient polis of Magna Graecia on the southwestern slopes of Mount Etna, near Simeto River. Monte Adranone and Adranon are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Italy.

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Agrigento

Agrigento (Girgenti or Giurgenti; translit; Agrigentum or Acragas; ’GRGNT; Kirkant, or جرجنت Jirjant) is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento.

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Amphora

An amphora (ἀμφορεύς|; English) is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and packages, tied together with rope and delivered by land or sea.

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Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Bibliotheca historica

Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική) is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus.

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Comune

A comune (comuni) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.

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Elymians

The Elymians (Elymī) were an ancient tribal people who inhabited the western part of Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical antiquity.

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First Punic War

The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC.

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Magna Graecia

Magna Graecia is a term that was used for the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy, in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC.

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Pottery of ancient Greece

Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society.

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Province of Agrigento

The province of Agrigento (provincia di Agrigento; pruvincia di Girgenti) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy, situated on its south-western coast.

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Provinces of Italy

The provinces of Italy (province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione).

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Punic people

The Punic people, usually known as the Carthaginians (and sometimes as Western Phoenicians), were a Semitic people who migrated from Phoenicia to the Western Mediterranean during the Early Iron Age.

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Sacellum

In ancient Roman religion, a sacellum is a small shrine.

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Sambuca di Sicilia

Sambuca di Sicilia (Sicilian: Sammuca) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southwest of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento.

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Second Punic War

The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC.

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Selinunte

Selinunte (Selīnoûs; Selīnūs; Silinunti) was a rich and extensive ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. Monte Adranone and Selinunte are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Italy.

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Sicani

The Sicani or Sicanians were one of three ancient peoples of Sicily present at the time of Phoenician and Greek colonization.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Temenos

A temenos (Greek: τέμενος; plural: τεμένη, temenē).

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Terracotta

Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta, is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramicOED, "Terracotta";, MFA Boston, "Cameo" database fired at relatively low temperatures.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Adranone

Also known as Adranon (Monte Adranone).