{"id":378,"date":"2016-03-24T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T21:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/?p=378"},"modified":"2016-03-28T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T17:28:32","slug":"mosaic-at-selinunte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/sicily\/mosaic-at-selinunte\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosaic at Selinunte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the fifth day, we departed\u00a0the misty Erice early in the morning to head to the ancient Greek city of Selinunte. Selinunte plays an important role in our readings from Book 6 of Thucydides&#8217; Peloponnesian War, as it is strife between Selinus and Egesta which incites the Egestaeans to seek out Athens&#8217; assistance in war. Needless to say, we Classics enthusiasts were pretty\u00a0excited to explore this impressive archeological site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-379 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMG_7856-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7856 2\" width=\"483\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMG_7856-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMG_7856-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMG_7856-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Within the acropolis of Selinunte lies a remarkable mosaic of the Phoenician goddess, Tanit (pictured above). Although it is perhaps not\u00a0aesthetically pleasing, this mosaic provides important evidence of a Carthaginian presence in Selinunte. The image depicts the goddess standing between two staffs of some sort. She is often depicted as a stick figure, as seen here. Tanit is typically associated with prosperity, commerce, and trade. For this reason, she served as a patron of the Carthaginian sailors who were conducting trade across the Mediterranean sea. This image in the pavement was likely before the entrance of a home. It might have provided good luck for an ancient Carthaginian businessman who once lived here in Selinunte.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the fifth day, we departed\u00a0the misty Erice early in the morning to head to the ancient Greek city of Selinunte. Selinunte plays an important role in our readings from Book 6 of Thucydides&#8217; Peloponnesian War, as it is strife between Selinus and Egesta which incites the Egestaeans to seek out Athens&#8217; assistance in war. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sicily","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}