en.unionpedia.org

Morgantina, the Glossary

Morgantina (Μοργάντιον and Μοργαντίνη) is an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy.^[1]

86 relations: Acrolith, Agathocles of Syracuse, Agora, Aidone, Archaeological Museum of Aidone, Athens, Barbara Tsakirgis, Barrel vault, Bibliotheca historica, Bouleuterion, Bronze Age, Carthage, Case Western Reserve University, Catania, Cato the Elder, Cicero, Columella, Congress of Gela, De agri cultura, Diodorus Siculus, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Dome, Dorians, Ducetius, Duke University, Enna, Erik Sjöqvist, Eunus, First Servile War, Geographica, Gustaf VI Adolf, Hellenistic period, Hiero II of Syracuse, History of Rome (Livy), History of the Peloponnesian War, Ionian Sea, Iron Age, Italy, J. Paul Getty Museum, Justin (historian), Kamarina, Sicily, Kenan Erim, Latin, List of ancient Greek cities, Livy, Magna Graecia, Maurice Tempelsman, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Monastery, ... Expand index (36 more) »
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Italy

Acrolith

An acrolith is a composite sculpture made of stone together with other materials such as wood or inferior stone such as limestone, as in the case of a figure whose clothed parts are made of wood, while the exposed flesh parts such as head, hands, and feet are made of marble.

See Morgantina and Acrolith

Agathocles of Syracuse

Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς, Agathoklḗs; 361–289 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse (317–289 BC) and self-styled king of Sicily (304–289 BC).

See Morgantina and Agathocles of Syracuse

Agora

The agora (ἀγορά, romanized:, meaning "market" in Modern Greek) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states.

See Morgantina and Agora

Aidone

Aidone (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Aidungh or Dadungh; Aiduni) is a town and comune in the province of Enna, in region of Sicily in southern Italy.

See Morgantina and Aidone

Archaeological Museum of Aidone

The Archaeological Museum of Aidone is a regional museum in Aidone in the province of Enna, Sicily.

See Morgantina and Archaeological Museum of Aidone

Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

See Morgantina and Athens

Barbara Tsakirgis

Barbara Tsakirgis (1954 – January 16, 2019) was an American classical archaeologist with specialization in Greek and Roman archaeology, particularly of ancient Greek houses and households.

See Morgantina and Barbara Tsakirgis

Barrel vault

A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault, wagon vault or wagonhead vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance.

See Morgantina and Barrel vault

Bibliotheca historica

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

See Morgantina and Bibliotheca historica

Bouleuterion

A bouleuterion (βουλευτήριον, bouleutērion), also translated as and was a building in ancient Greece which housed the council of citizens (βουλή, boulē) of a democratic city state.

See Morgantina and Bouleuterion

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

See Morgantina and Bronze Age

Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.

See Morgantina and Carthage

Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

See Morgantina and Case Western Reserve University

Catania

Catania (Sicilian and) is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Morgantina and Catania are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Italy and archaeological sites in Sicily.

See Morgantina and Catania

Cato the Elder

Marcus Porcius Cato (234–149 BC), also known as Cato the Censor (Censorius), the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, senator, and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization.

See Morgantina and Cato the Elder

Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.

See Morgantina and Cicero

Columella

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (Arabic) was a prominent Roman writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire.

See Morgantina and Columella

Congress of Gela

The Congress of Gela was a diplomatic meeting between a number of Sicilian cities in 424 BC.

See Morgantina and Congress of Gela

De agri cultura

De agri cultura, also known as On Farming or On Agriculture, is a treatise on Roman agriculture by Cato the Elder.

See Morgantina and De agri cultura

Diodorus Siculus

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

See Morgantina and Diodorus Siculus

Dionysius I of Syracuse

Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder (432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily.

See Morgantina and Dionysius I of Syracuse

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Διονύσιος ἈλεξάνδρουἉλικαρνασσεύς,; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus.

See Morgantina and Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Dome

A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere.

See Morgantina and Dome

Dorians

The Dorians (Δωριεῖς, Dōrieîs, singular Δωριεύς, Dōrieús) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans, and Ionians).

See Morgantina and Dorians

Ducetius

Ducetius (Δουκέτιος) (died 440 BCE) was a Hellenized leader of the Sicels and founder of a united Sicilian state and numerous cities.

See Morgantina and Ducetius

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.

See Morgantina and Duke University

Enna

Enna (or; Ἔννα; Henna, less frequently Haenna), known from the Middle Ages until 1926 as Castrogiovanni (Castrugiuvanni), is a city and comune located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towering above the surrounding countryside.

See Morgantina and Enna

Erik Sjöqvist

Erik Sjöqvist (15 July 1903 – 16 July 1975) was a Swedish archaeologist and educator.

See Morgantina and Erik Sjöqvist

Eunus

Eunus (died 132 BC) was a Roman slave from Apamea in Syria who became the leader of the slave uprising in the First Servile War (135 BC–132 BC) in the Roman province of Sicily.

See Morgantina and Eunus

First Servile War

The First Servile War of 135–132 BC was a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic, which took place in Sicily.

See Morgantina and First Servile War

Geographica

The Geographica (Γεωγραφικά, Geōgraphiká; Geographica or Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII, "Strabo's 17 Books on Geographical Topics") or Geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek in the late 1st century BC, or early 1st century AD, and attributed to Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman Empire of Greek descent.

See Morgantina and Geographica

Gustaf VI Adolf

Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973.

See Morgantina and Gustaf VI Adolf

Hellenistic period

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.

See Morgantina and Hellenistic period

Hiero II of Syracuse

Hiero II (Ἱέρων Β΄; c. 308 BC – 215 BC), also called Hieron II, was the Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Greek Sicily, from 275 to 215 BC, and the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon.

See Morgantina and Hiero II of Syracuse

History of Rome (Livy)

The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and frequently referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy".

See Morgantina and History of Rome (Livy)

History of the Peloponnesian War

The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).

See Morgantina and History of the Peloponnesian War

Ionian Sea

The Ionian Sea (Iónio Pélagos,; Mar Ionio or Mar Jonio,; Deti Jon) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea.

See Morgantina and Ionian Sea

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

See Morgantina and Iron Age

Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

See Morgantina and Italy

J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa.

See Morgantina and J. Paul Getty Museum

Justin (historian)

Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus Frontinus; fl. century) was a Latin writer and historian who lived under the Roman Empire.

See Morgantina and Justin (historian)

Kamarina, Sicily

Kamarina or Camarina (Καμάρινα) was an ancient city on the southern coast of Sicily in Magna Graecia. Morgantina and Kamarina, Sicily are archaeological sites in Sicily and former populated places in Italy.

See Morgantina and Kamarina, Sicily

Kenan Erim

Kenan Tevfik Erim (13 February 1929, İstanbul – 3 November 1990, Ankara) was a Turkish archaeologist who excavated from 1961 until his death at the site of Aphrodisias in Turkey.

See Morgantina and Kenan Erim

Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

See Morgantina and Latin

List of ancient Greek cities

This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece.

See Morgantina and List of ancient Greek cities

Livy

Titus Livius (59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.

See Morgantina and Livy

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.

See Morgantina and Magna Graecia

Maurice Tempelsman

Maurice Tempelsman (born August 26, 1929) is a Belgian-American businessman, a diamond magnate and merchant.

See Morgantina and Maurice Tempelsman

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

See Morgantina and Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

See Morgantina and Monastery

Monte Polizzo

Monte Polizzo (today Mount Polizo) is an archaeological site located 6 km northwest of the town of Salemi, in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy. Morgantina and Monte Polizzo are archaeological sites in Sicily.

See Morgantina and Monte Polizzo

Morgantina treasure

The Morgantina treasure is a set of 16 pieces of Greek silverware with details in gold dating from the 3rd century BC, illegally excavated from Morgantina, an ancient Greek city in Sicily, near modern Aidone.

See Morgantina and Morgantina treasure

Morgetes

The Morgetes (Μόργητες, Morgetes) were an ancient Lucanian tribe, of Pelasgian descent, who occupied the region of southern Italy from Calabria to Sicily.

See Morgantina and Morgetes

Mount Etna

Mount Etna, or simply Etna (Etna or Mongibello; Muncibbeḍḍu or 'a Muntagna; Aetna; Αἴτνα and Αἴτνη), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania.

See Morgantina and Mount Etna

Natural History (Pliny)

The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.

See Morgantina and Natural History (Pliny)

Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois.

See Morgantina and Northern Illinois University

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three "First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the other being the Conventuals (OFMConv).

See Morgantina and Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Palike

Palike (Παλική; Palikè) was an ancient city on Sicily. Morgantina and Palike are archaeological sites in Sicily and former populated places in Italy.

See Morgantina and Palike

Paolo Orsi

Paolo Orsi (Rovereto, October 17, 1859 – November 8, 1935) was an Italian archaeologist and classicist.

See Morgantina and Paolo Orsi

Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

See Morgantina and Pliny the Elder

Pottery

Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form.

See Morgantina and Pottery

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

See Morgantina and Princeton University

Province of Enna

The province of Enna (provincia di Enna; Sicilian: pruvincia di Enna; officially libero consorzio comunale di Enna) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy.

See Morgantina and Province of Enna

Reggio Calabria

Reggio di Calabria (Riggiu; Rìji), commonly and officially referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria as well as the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria.

See Morgantina and Reggio Calabria

Robin Symes

Robin Symes (February 193930 October 2023) was a British antiquities dealer who was unmasked as a key player in an international criminal network that traded in looted archaeological treasures.

See Morgantina and Robin Symes

Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

See Morgantina and Roman Republic

References

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

Also known as Morgantia, Morgantium, Morgentia, Murgentia, Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, Morgantina.

, Monte Polizzo, Morgantina treasure, Morgetes, Mount Etna, Natural History (Pliny), Northern Illinois University, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Palike, Paolo Orsi, Pliny the Elder, Pottery, Princeton University, Province of Enna, Reggio Calabria, Robin Symes, Roman Republic, Rome, Rutgers University, Second Punic War, Second Servile War, Sicels, Sicily, Stanford University, Stephanus of Byzantium, Stoa, Strabo, Syracuse, Sicily, Thucydides, University of Catania, University of Edinburgh, University of Florida, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Tokyo, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Wesleyan University.

Morgantina, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Italy

References