A SEA OF TALES Miti e leggende della nostra terra
Edited by Fra ncesca Cappa & Gilda Sa ntelli 1
This E-book want to be a compendium of all the richness that human imagination created throughout the millennia. We wanted to focus our attention not only on the myths and legends related to the sea but also on historical figures who inspired local legends and so help us to better understand our cultures. No matter if myths have scriptural or historical origins or if they were inspired to symbolize a moral thrust or simply by the need to explain natural phenomena , they are more than mere stories and they serve a more profound purpose in ancient and modern cultures: they answer timeless questions and they become as a compass to each generation. Particularly fascinating is the fact that so many peoples, who have had no contact with each other, created myths that are similar. The subjects of myths reflect the universal concerns of mankind throughout history: birth, death, the afterlife, the origin of man and the world, good and evil and the nature of man himself. A myth taps into a universal cultural narrative which is the collective wisdom of man. Like the sea, myths unite people apparently geographically and culturally distant: this is another great discovery we made thanks to the project. Cassitto Francesca e Muoio Giorgia III
ALARIC’S GOLD Cosenza: Busento and Crati rivers’ confluence In 410 AD Alaric and his Visigoths sacked Rome. Rome may not have been in its splendour in 410, but it was still Rome, Caput Mundi, the most famous city in the world. That meant there was plenty of treasure up for grabs by who decided to sack the city. No one knows exactly what Alaric carried off from Rome but the legend tells that there was also the treasure of Salomon Temple brought in Rome by the Templars among the sacked goods. He and his Goths ( not just an army, but entire families ) satisfied, continued on the south, looking for a place to settle. It was not easy: the natives weren’t friendly, and the Goths, probably found the southern of Italy too hot for them who were accustomed to the northern climates. He moved down to Calabria, and was thinking about heading for Africa, which provided grain when, suddenly, he died probably for malaria. According to the legend the Goths diverted the Busento river from its course by a great work of hydraulic engineering using hundreds of slaves who, after having brought the river in its natural bed, were killed by Alaric army for preserving the secret of his buried place. Neither Alaric's grave nor his treasure were ever found, in spite of all the attempts that have been done since then. 3
It’s difficult to believe that the Goths, so practical and absolutely not sentimental people, have consigned a vast treasure to a grave. On the other hand, not only rivers change their course over the centuries but also Calabria is often subject to earthquakes. Maybe the gold is still there. Who knows? We want to believe that: it's much more fascinating! Maybe some archeologists will find it, what is sure is that every “cosentino” has his own theory about the place where the gold could be buried and dreams to become a new Indiana Jones. The Legend of Alaric and his burial inspired the poem of August Graf von Platen “ Das Grab im Busento” (The tomb in Busento) with a romantic representation of the death and burial of Alaric. The poem has been translated into Italian by Carducci.
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Cupi a notte canti suonano da Cosenza su’l Busento, cupo il fiume gli rimormora dal suo gorgo sonnolento. Su e giù pe ‘l fiume passano e ripassano ombre lente: Alarico i Goti piangono
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il gran morto di lor gente . G. Carducci RITA PRESTA III E
Filippelli A., I C and now the fantastic sequel to a real story... Alaric's son Theodoric wanted to find the treasure, convinced that he was the rightful owner . Finally, he
learned that among the slaves killed there was a survivor . He began its search for land and sea and when he found him, he forced him to speak . Everything was ready to dig up the treasure........ but the frogs that had been the jealous guardians of the late King and of his gold for ages hid them into a cave. Tirelessly, Theodoric went on looking for his inheritance and at last he found it. He took the treasure and ran out of the cave heedless of the frogs that were shouting :- Please, leave the treasure!He fell into the river and died. The river brought his body until Bisignano where he was covered by the earth . On that place there is a round hill called " Cozzo Rotondo " and it is said that on Christmas night on the top of this hill a hen lays golden eggs . We like to think that in this mass still live the frogs guardians of Alaric's treasure .
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MEDUSA Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Medusa who lived in Athens. She was the most lovely girl in the city and she was proud of that. Her skin was white as snow, her hair brighter than the sun, her eyes greener than the sea and her lips were redder than a rose. Medusa spent most of her time admiring her face in the mirror.One day she made her first visit to the Parthenon with her friends. The Parthenon was the largest temple dedicated to the goddess Athena because the inhabitants were grateful to her wisdom and for watching over their city. In the temple there were amazing sculptures and paintings and everyone who entered was astonished by the beauty of the place. Everyone‌ except Medusa! She reached the altar and sighed happily. She said:-It is a shame it was wasted on Athena, I am so much prettier than she is! Suddenly, the goddess appeared. She was angry and staring at Medusa said:- Foolish girl! There is more important thinks than beauty alone. While the others work, play and 7
study, what do you do apart admire yourself? Beauty fades quickly in all mortals. It does not help in the illness, it doesn’t teach the foolish and it doesn’t feed the hungry. By my powers, all your loveliness will completely disappear. Your fate will remind to the others to control their pride… As soon as the goddess stopped talking, Medusa’s face changed to that of an horrible monster. Her hair became snakes that hissed atop her head. Poor Medusa! She was definitely condemned to a terrible destiny: everyone accidentally looked at her was turned to stone and she went live with the blind monsters, the gorgon sisters, at the end of the earth. In Italian we call “medusa” the jellyfish maybe for its tentacles and for its stinging power. There are several versions of the myths of Medusa. The most accredited is that the gorgon Medusa, unlike her sisters, was a mortal. Born beautiful, Medusa was seduced by Poseidon, disguised as a horse, in one of Athena’s temples. Athena became furious and turned Medusa into a fearsome creature. Her gaze alone turned men to stone. Elena Cosentino III C
THE FAIRY MORGAN How did a character from Celtic folklore come to be associated with a mirage in the southern Italy? Where do these strange names come from? The name “Morgan” may connect this mythical character with the sea, which is môr in Welsh, mer in French, morye in Russian, mar in Spanish etc. She is sometimes presented as a sister or friend of Arthur and enemy of Geneva, sometimes as a goddess or as a student of Merlin, and then his rival. Apparently, the Breton legends about Arthur were carried to Sicily in the 11th century by the Norman invaders. Fertile Sicily, with its mild Mediterranean climate and citrus fruits, might well have seemed an earthly Paradise, the “island of apples” where it was said that Morgan brought the dead Arthur. But it’s also the name of the spectacular mirages visible in clear and calm days of summer, in the waters of the strait between Reggio Calabria and Messina, characterized by multiple and 9
changing images, with vertical and horizontal features that suggest castles or give the impression you can touch the other shore with your hands. Legends related to the Fairy Morgan Morgan and the Barbarian King It was August, the sky and the sea were without a breath of wind, and a light mist veiled the horizon, during the Barbarian invasions after crossing the peninsula, a horde of conquerors came to the shores of the Ionian Sea in the city of Reggio Calabria. A few kilometers away on the other side of the sea there was an island with a large mountain smoking, Etna, and the King was wondering how to get there, without boats and so helpless in front of the sea. Suddenly a wonderfully beautiful woman appeared, who gave the island to the barbarian conqueror and with a nod made appear the island very close to him: looking into the water, it was as if he could touch it with his hands, the mountains, the beaches, the streets of the country and the ships in the harbor. Exulting the Barbarian King jumped from his horse into the water, sure he can reach the island with two strokes, but the spell was broken and the King drowned miserably. Indeed, everything was a mirage, a play of the beautiful unknown woman: the Fairy Morgan . Ludovica Reda IIIC
Morgan and Roger the Norman Roger the Norman had been invited by some brave Sicilian knights in Calabria: the people of Sicily desired to have him as lord and savior instead of the Arabs. One day in 1060, Roger was walking along a beach in Calabria and studying the way how to win the numerous, highly specialized and well equipped enemies. Roger continued to walk in silence, always thinking of Sicily and its modest weapons of war, suddenly saw a sea bubble and in a circle of foam, appear the head of a beautiful fairy, who gradually emerged with the body. She was on a white-blue chariot, pulled by seven horses. It was Morgan, who in the middle of the Strait, has its most beautiful and historic building. Noticing the presence of Roger on the beach, she asked him what he thought and he invited him to get on his chariot and reach Sicily. Roger greeted Morgan with respect and with gentle firmness he said that would go to war on his horse and with his ships. Then the fairy threw three white stones in the water and, at that point where they fell arose as to charm buildings, roads, so that the Sicilian coast seemed close enough to be reached with 11
a pitch and the other side a strong army that awaited his orders. Roger still refused the offer, saying that he would free the island only with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ. Morgan waved again her wand and the buildings, the streets and all that had first appeared on the Strait disappeared. We know from history that Roger the Norman landed in Messina in the spring of 1061, conquered Sicily, freeing it from the Saracens and his descendants transformed it in one of the richest and most advanced land in that time. Azzurra Pulice and IC & ID
Pythagoras and his school
Crotone is also to the famous and ancient Greek
called Pythagoras' city thanks philosopher who chose this colony
of " Magna Graecia" to settle and found his mathematical and philosophical school around 530 BC. We know very little about Pythagoras's life. He was born on the Greek island of Samos and travelled widely in his youth. In Crotone, Pythagoras was the head of a society with an inner circle of followers known as mathematikoi. The mathematikoi lived permanently with the Society, had no personal possessions, were vegetarians and obeyed strict rules. Pythagoras believed that reality is mathematical in nature, philosophy can be used for spiritual purification and the soul can rise to union with the divine. To achieve immortality, the mortal body had to be rigorously disciplined to keep it morally pure and free . Until this complete purification the soul would be repeatedly reincarnated. These practices included solitary walks in the mornings and evenings, body care and exercise, such as running, wrestling and gymnastics, as well as a diet made up of simple food without wine . Both men and women were permitted to become members of the Society. The outer circle of the Society were known as the akousmatics and they lived in their own houses, they were allowed their own possessions and were not required to be vegetarians. The school offered two types of lessons: one public and one private. During the public lesson, 13
dedicated to the common people, he explained the basis of his philosophy in the simplest possible manner, so that everyone could understand. The private lesson, was of a higher level and was mainly frequented by distinguished students of mathematics. He was the first to denounce the custom of eating animals that he saw as an unnecessary massacre, given that the earth already offered abundant plants and fruits that could be eaten. Pythagoras and his followers studied the properties of numbers, triangular numbers and perfect ones, leaving a lasting legacy for future mathematicians. The Pythagorean Society expanded rapidly after 500 BC, became very powerful and was violently suppressed. Pythagoras seems to have been killed or died shortly afterwards.
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THE MYTH OF SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
“ I was the nymph Scylla, daughter of the goddess Crateide... It is a long time that I live here on these shores where I loved swimming. Everything became during a night: I was on the beach when, suddenly, Glaucus, Poseidon’s son, appared on the weaves. He had been a human, but now he is a strange creature: a God for half a man and for half a fish. I was so scared, I found a refuge on the summit of a mountain next to the beach 15
while he was screaming his love for me. Disappointed and angry, he went to the enchantress Circe asking for her help: a love potion to make me fall in love with him. Circe felt in love with him but was rejected. Furious and envious of my beauty, she took her vengeance preparing a malefic potion she poured along the coast of Messina where I used to swim. What a horror when I saw growing around me 12 feet and 6 heads of baying dogs on long, snaky necks, each head having a triple row of sharklike teeth. Frightened, I ran away and, since then, I hid myself living in the hollow of a rock ... "
" ... I was the Naiade Charybdis, daughter of Poseidon and Gea, I was devoted to robbery and I was famous for my voracity . One day I stole the oxen of Geryon , and I ate some of them . To punish me, Jupiter made me fall into the sea and I turned into a giant monster like a lamprey: with my huge mouth I form a marine vortex that swallows everything that passes near me.
" ... This is our history: now we are two immortal and irresistible monsters who beset the narrow waters of the strait of Messina and we terrify all the ships that venture in this branch of sea. They are forced to pass close to at least one of us ... they had to choose how to navigate the hazard. If they sail too close to me, I would snatch 6 people from the ship, but the rest would survive. If they went to close to Charybdis, they risked the whole ship being sucked down and destroyed. The choice is a hard one for the captains. Do they knowingly cause the death of 6 crewmembers in order to save the rest? Or do they risk all their lives in the hopes of saving all them? Ulysses preferred to face me , Scylla, for fear of losing the ship passing near the whirlpool of Charybdis ... I ate six of his companions , without pity ... more perished in the whirlpool of Charybdis but he managed to escape and passed our fatal gap ... I have never gone out of my cave , nor Charybdis from its waters , now we are harmless , but only a few dare to challenge our part of the sea ... only the braves ... " “Caught between Scylla and Charybdis” was the ancient equivalent to our “stuck between a rock and a hard place.” . Scylla provides us an opportunity to avoid risks, Charybdis requires more courage to risk everything. 17
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THE LAST CORSAR They call me Uluc Pasha and I am a powerful Turkish admiral but I was born in Calabria. My real name is Giovan Dionigi Galeni. When I was seventeen and I was entering the convent, I was captured by the pirate Khayr al-Din Barbarossa on my island of Le Castella near Crotone . I was immediately put to the oars as a slave, but I managed to survive thanks to my strength and my understanding of the codes of the enemy. I married Ja 'Far Pasha's daughter and I converted to Islam so I could kill a Turkish who had offended me without consequences . My audacity was enormous. I terrified all the Mediterranean coasts, I captured ships, I attacked towns and cities from Sicily to Liguria, I won the Dalmatian town of Korcula and tried to catch the Duke Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy. I have even attempted,
thanks to strong local support, to transform the Calabria region in a Muslim Turkish domain, tearing it to the Spaniards. I became the first commander of the fleet of Alexandria, then pasha of Algiers, and finally governor of Tripoli and admiral of the Ottoman fleet. I also fought at Lepanto where I rescued thirty ships and brought the banner of the Knights of Malta to Istambul as a trophy. In Italy, they call me "the renegade" or, simply UccialÏ because it's difficult to pronounce my Saracen name. Now, I'm living in my palace on the hill of TopHana near Istanbul where I built a great mosque, I have lots of slaves and servants but I'm generous. I concentrated all them in a village I wanted to found and call "New Calabria". I don't miss anything but my mother and my land....... I do hope she will forgive my abjure one day and accept a little of all my treasure. SERENA LAMBRE’ IIIE
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The legend of Nerina and her daughter Rosa.
Nerina had an only child whose name was Rosa. Her daughter was very beautiful and she had long blond hair. Nerina beloved her daughter and wanted the best for her. Every morning she tried to comb her hair, like a good mother. But it was always difficult to do it because the child didn’t let her mother to brush her hair. Soon Rosa's hair was invaded by lice, so that no one could get close to the girl, without the risk of being invaded by lice. So the fellow country people decided to take Rosa near the sea. They did so and the country was freed from the lice.
Rosa fell into the sea water, she cried a lot and she attracted a mermaid with her cries. The mermaid went near the beautiful but desperate girl, because she wanted to keep her forever. She tied the girl to the abyss with a thick gold lace to her right foot and dressed her as a queen. Nerina didn't resign and every evening she called her daughter near the sea. One evening the daughter surfaced on the waves and told her mother her story. Nerina tried to free her daughter. Finally, she thought that, a drunk mermaid would have revealed how to break the chain. So, one evening Rosa gave the mermaid some fine vines from Sila so that she could get drunk and tell Rosa how to get rid. It would be enough to hit the chain with a 100 quintal iron mace on Friday, but the mace should have been made by a black smith who was also born on Friday, too! Nerina learned the secret to free her daughter. She looked for the iron mace and when she found it, she was able to free her. From that day onwards, Rosa always combed her hair! Fabrizia Zecca, Chiara De Luca, Elena La Neve
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An old legend tells that once near Acquappesa, a young handsome King lived with his sweet and gentle wife. They were happy but the King, almost caught in a spell, was never completely satisfied with his victories and the Queen suffered because she considered herself unable to give him the right serenity. One day, the King decided to embark on a ship for a new challenge. He asked her wife to wait for his victorious return: with a red light at the horizon he would announce his arrival. The Queen was aware of all the risks of the enterprise but she hoped that he would finally come back reassured. Time passed inexorably but no news about the King. Every evening at the sunset, the disconsolate Queen looked at the horizon full of hope but in vain. One day, the Queen climbed on top of the large rock that soared across the beach in the desperate search for the promised red light. She lost the balance, fell into the waves and disappeared forever reaching the bitter fate of his beloved. Even today, at the sunset, people say that the spirits of the King and the Queen, finally serene and satisfied, meet near the fatal rock, and even the most menacing waves then quiet in deference to the two sovereigns. Pioluca Celebre III C Freely adapted from the Legend of the Queen’s Rock of Guardia Piemontese .
Everyone knows the legend of the Queen of the Rock but not everyone knows where this rock
comes. In a little house in the woods lived an old mysterious man. Next to his house, some lumberjacks were cutting some trees to build the ship for a battle. A huge pine tree, cut by someone of them, was about to fall on the unaware man sitting in front of his house but fortunately a young man who casually passed nearby, pushed him away and saved his life. The old man was so grateful that he promised him whatever he wished. The young man, who was actually a prince at the head of the people in war against the King of Guardia Piemontese, asked the old man to erect a statue in his honour in the most visible place. The old man built a huge statue in front of the sea. There was a Ninph, Milenia, secretly in love with the good King and enemy of the prince; she destroyed the statue and in its place appeared a huge rock. Milenia was conscious that the King loved his wife but‌ hope is the last to die. When the King left for his last adventure, she waited for his return as well as the Queen. When her friends mermaids told her that the King was dead she cried all her tears and wanted to warn the poor Queen. At the news the Queen fainted and fell into the sea, reaching finally the peace with her beloved husband. The lament, someone swears to hear during the nights , is Milenia who cries her unhappy love . FABRIZIA ZECCA & CHIARA DE LUCA II A
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DONNA CANFORA The famous Saracen Tower, the local population, in order pirate ‘s attacks. When the license, a sign that he was signaled the arrival through defense in time.
on the Violet coast, was built in 1565 by to defend the region from frequent guardian (usually a Spanish with a royal literate ) sighted a ship in the distance, smoke or fires, so towns organized the
It is said that the tower itself had been inhabited and it is here that the story gives the starting signal to the legend, in a really unique passing of the torch. According to the myth, in fact, a rich lady called Donna Canfora lived in this tower. She was a young widow devoted to the memory of her beloved husband. Thanks to her rare virtues and supreme beauty, she was loved by everyone. She had an only weakness: it was said to have a fondness for fine fabrics. Her fame reached the Saracens used to make incursions and raids on the Tyrrhenian coast of Reggio Calabria. One day, they decided to kidnap Donna Canfora. Landed on the beach, they prepared on the deck a sumptuous market where they exposed their more valuable goods, as
fabrics, spices and carpets. All women in the area were excited and Donna Canfora , convinced by her housekeeper, went up on deck, watching the precious goods. As soon as she fell into the trap, the captain ordered to set sail, and the ship began to move away from the beach. The young woman, feeling herself dishonored, jumped over the railing into the sea, shouting: "Learn, oh tyrant, that the women of this land prefer the death to the dishonour ." The heavy blue dress did not give her the chance to earn the shore and she was swallowed by the sea of his beloved land. According to the legend, since then the sea often changes its colours during the day: sometimes blue, sometimes emerald green, sometimes turquoise with golden and silver stripes. Aurora Conforti III D
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Classical mythology has made constant reference to the Sirens as a sort of "muse of the sea": at their sweet and haunting song sailors, who forgot their homeland and their dearest affections, drew and died. At the beginning they were not as we imagine mermaids today, a woman half a fish, but winged creatures: they were the personification of the sea, apparently relaxed and quiet, it hid terrifying dangers. And now the legend.......... Ligea: a beautiful winged Ninph The siren Ligea and her sisters, Leucosis and Parthenope, lived on a rocky island, hypnotizing all the sailors who passed nearby with their beauty and their song . The only man who managed to survive was Odysseus who had been warned by the sorceress Circe of their dangerous song. Astouciosly, he plugged wax into his companions’ ears , he made himself bind tightly to the mast so he could listen to the magical siren song, probably based on the promise of knowledge, and survived with all his crew.
Humiliated, the sirens threw themselves into the sea in a storm and were thrown in three different directions: the body of Partenope was thrown on the gulf of Naples, Leucosia stopped at the mouth of the river Sele near Paestum while Ligea, still alive, stopped in the majestic Gulf of St. Euphemia at the mouth of Trina river near Nicastro in Calabria . When the sea calmed down, the waves left uncovered the rock on which Ligea laid wrapped in fishing nets. Some fishermen found her exhausted but always beautiful. The eldest fishermen thought that this amazing creature should be saved: so, still wrapped in the nets, Ligea was carried on the top of a hill surrounded by brackish water. On a bed of leaves, she stared at the faces of those who had lovingly taken care of her and died. Fishermen buried her there. Since then, when they were at sea often they turned their gaze towards the hill visible in the distance and many claimed to be able to see Ligea with her large wings rescuing fishermen in distress during stormy nights . Later on that hill was built the city of Terina, a beautiful Greek colony known for the fineness of gold and the skill of its craftsmen. The old coins of Terina show a winged nymph. 27
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IO myth
Once upon a time, a long time ago ... Zeus, son of Cronos, had a terrible temper and the other gods often avoided him. But the truth was that Zeus was a little frightened of his wife, Hera, who was very, very jealous. To avoid monotony, Zeus often flew down to earth and looked around for something to do, so he was particularly attracted by beautiful girls.
One day , a glint on the river caught his eye. It was Io, a lovely river nymph."What a lovely young woman," Zeus said. He promptly fell in love. Hoping to hide himself from the eagle eye of his jealous wife, Zeus covered the world with some really thick clouds. Then he flew down to Io. But Hera was not stupid. The thick coat of clouds made her suspicious immediately. Zeus looked up. "It's Hera!" Quickly, he changed Io into a cow. When Hera landed, all she found was an innocent looking Zeus standing next to a little white cow. "This little cow appeared out of nowhere," he told his wife, acting surprised. Hera was not fooled. "What a beautiful cow, may I have it as a present?" Not knowing what else to do, Zeus had to agree. Hera sent the cow away under guard. Its terrible guardian was Argo, the giant with 100 eyes, who never slept. When he slept, he closed only half of his eyes while the others were vigilant. Zeus was sad for the poor Io and sent his son Apollo to set her free. Apollo started singing an enchanting song which made the giant asleep. When the 29
guard closed all his eyes, Io ran away. Quickly Argo killed the giant; Hera took his 100 eyes and put them on the peacock tail. Angrily, she sent a gadfly after Io. A gadfly is a fly that bites. "Moo moo," Io screamed, when the gadfly found her. To escape, Io swam across a sea. Hera named the sea between Greece and Rome after Io. Perhaps you've heard of it - the Ionian Sea? No matter. Feeling very sorry for herself, Io travelled to Egypt. It was then that Hera decided that Io had suffered enough. First, she made Zeus promise that he would have never seen Io again. Then she changed Io back into a human form, and left her in Egypt. Egypt was a dismal place for a river nymph. There are crocodiles in the Nile.Back to Greece, Zeus gave a big sigh. Surely there was something he could do ....
ARION Arion from Metimna, a city on the island of Lesbos , soon became a kitharode famous throughout Greece, second to none of the lyreplayers in his time. Herodotus said that he invented the dithyramb, singing sacred to Dionysus . He settled in Corinth at the court of King Periander. Arion was a kithareda who is a poet and a musician: he told his stories by singing and accompanying them with the sound of the kithara (the ancient harp). Apollo, the sun god and protector of the kithara players Arion asked the King Periander to go on tour in Magna Graecia 31
It was in Sicily , Calabria , Puglia , and obtained a great outcome everywhere . He was enriched much until he decided to return to Greece . The dream of Arion After the tour , Arion embarked in Taranto on a ship to Corinth. The sailors , however, decided to get rid of him to take possession of his wealth. Arion was in danger ... Apollo God of the Sun and protector of the kithara musicians, decided to help him. The night appeared to Arione in a dream, warning him of the evil intentions of the sailors. He told him that in order to save himself he should have asked them to play one last time. And so Arione did the next day. carried him to safety at the sanctuary ofPoseidon at Cape Tainaron Arion and the Dolphin Arion, after having sung sweet music and playing his kithara, he was thrown into the sea. A group of dolphins, however, attracted by his melodious voice and the beauty of his music, had approached the ship. One of them took him on its back and saved him. The dolphins were animals dear to Apollo. Their name, in fact, comes from Delphi, where the main sanctuary of the god Apollo was located. The dolphin carried Arion to safety at the sanctuary of sea god Poseidon at Cape Tainaron, which it’s situated at the end of the Mani peninsula in Greece. When he reached land, being eager for his journey, he failed to return the dolphin to the sea
and it perished there. He told his misfortunes to Periander, the Tyrant of Corinth, who ordered the dolphin to be buried, and monument raised to it When Arione came to Corinth, he told everything to Periander . When the ship arrived, Periander asked the sailors news of Arion and they said to him that he was fine and was in Taranto. Arione then appeared to them and the sailors had to confess their guilt . Apollo then , for the extraordinary skill of Arion in citharody , transported between stars both him and the dolphin , where they became two constellations : the CONSTELLATION OF LIRA and CONSTELLATION DOLPHIN
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