April 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ortygia, a small island off the coast of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
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July 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Ortygia, a small island off the coast of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
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August 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Less than 24 hours in, and Sicily has already completely lived up to the hype
September 16, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Less than 24 hours in, and Sicily has already completely lived up to the hype
Finally, she continued in search of the island but reached Ortygia first, where, without labor, she gave birth to Artemis.
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June 29, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Finally, she continued in search of the island but reached Ortygia first, where, without labor, she gave birth to Artemis.
-End of Part 2-
-End of Part 2-
#FrescoFriday - From the House of the Five Skeletons, Pompeii (VI.10.2). While the scene is often identified as Cassandra prophesying, I prefer the interpretation of Aeneas consulting with King Anius of Ortygia. #Pompeii #Art 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8999)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8999)
May 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#FrescoFriday - From the House of the Five Skeletons, Pompeii (VI.10.2). While the scene is often identified as Cassandra prophesying, I prefer the interpretation of Aeneas consulting with King Anius of Ortygia. #Pompeii #Art 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8999)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8999)
These are actually two different examples of this coin, so that we can see both sides. The nymph (or nereid) Arethusa was transformed into a freshwater spring on the island of Ortygia, adjacent to Syracuse, by Artemis, to escape the clutches of a river god. Gorgeous hairnet! 🏺 2/
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Silver decadrachm (coin) from ancient Syracuse depicting the nymph Arethusa
The reverse of this silver decadrachm depicts the profile of Arethusa, a nymph (or nereid) who was transformed into a freshwater spring on the tiny island of Ortygia adjacent to Syracuse, Sicily. As...
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August 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
These are actually two different examples of this coin, so that we can see both sides. The nymph (or nereid) Arethusa was transformed into a freshwater spring on the island of Ortygia, adjacent to Syracuse, by Artemis, to escape the clutches of a river god. Gorgeous hairnet! 🏺 2/
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The reverse depicts another traditional Syracuse coin design - the head of the nymph Arethusa. She represents a miraculous fresh-water spring on the island of Ortygia, with formed part of Syracuse. Arethusa is surrounded by four dolphins and she is wearing a wreath made of reeds.
September 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The reverse depicts another traditional Syracuse coin design - the head of the nymph Arethusa. She represents a miraculous fresh-water spring on the island of Ortygia, with formed part of Syracuse. Arethusa is surrounded by four dolphins and she is wearing a wreath made of reeds.
Clifford D. Simak, A Choice of Gods, Magnum, 1977. Cover: Chris Moore. The IC Ortygia from Steven Eisler, Space Wars: Worlds and Weapons; Zeryllium Freighter from Steven Caldwell, Dangerous Frontiers. #CliffordSimak #ChrisMoore #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters #robot #PostApolcalypse
August 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Clifford D. Simak, A Choice of Gods, Magnum, 1977. Cover: Chris Moore. The IC Ortygia from Steven Eisler, Space Wars: Worlds and Weapons; Zeryllium Freighter from Steven Caldwell, Dangerous Frontiers. #CliffordSimak #ChrisMoore #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters #robot #PostApolcalypse
Just learned that there's a "Sailing the Macro" workshop, in Italy, with actual sailing, and I'm ever-so-slightly regretting my choice of field.
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SMW - Sapienza PhD in Economics - Call for papers
The Ph.D. in Economics of Sapienza University organizes the 4th Sailing the Macro Workshop that will be held at the Ortygia Foundation in Ortygia, Siracusa, Italy, on 6-8 September 2024. Reflecting th...
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September 2, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Just learned that there's a "Sailing the Macro" workshop, in Italy, with actual sailing, and I'm ever-so-slightly regretting my choice of field.
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"Noble Phantasm...
ORTYGIA AMORE MIO!!!"
カッコいい
ORTYGIA AMORE MIO!!!"
カッコいい
August 1, 2026 at 1:04 AM
"Noble Phantasm...
ORTYGIA AMORE MIO!!!"
カッコいい
ORTYGIA AMORE MIO!!!"
カッコいい
"Wha!?" Fugo stopped in his tracks. He had been running after Sheila E, towards Ortygia, when he spied some people stumbling towards him. A whole mob of them, churning forwards. Aimed at him.
October 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Wha!?" Fugo stopped in his tracks. He had been running after Sheila E, towards Ortygia, when he spied some people stumbling towards him. A whole mob of them, churning forwards. Aimed at him.
Ortygia, off the coast of Syracuse in Sicily, is steeped in ancient mythology. According to legend, it was the site where the Greek goddess Artemis and her twin brother Apollo were born, after their mother Leto sought refuge there from the jealous goddess Hera. #scape #eastcoastkin #photography
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ortygia, off the coast of Syracuse in Sicily, is steeped in ancient mythology. According to legend, it was the site where the Greek goddess Artemis and her twin brother Apollo were born, after their mother Leto sought refuge there from the jealous goddess Hera. #scape #eastcoastkin #photography
#StandingStoneSunday ? Does this count ? 500 BCE Temple of Athena fully embedded within Syracusa Duomo (Ortygia), Sicily. Pics my own, yesterday 😎
May 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
#StandingStoneSunday ? Does this count ? 500 BCE Temple of Athena fully embedded within Syracusa Duomo (Ortygia), Sicily. Pics my own, yesterday 😎
random photo 1613 "imprisoned" - ortygia
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December 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
random photo 1613 "imprisoned" - ortygia
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"I can't do this. The rest is up to you. Do what you can for Giorno, even if it isn't 'right.'" She floored it, and the car roared away. Towards Ortygia. "N-no! Sheila E...you're gonna try a suiсide run?"
October 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"I can't do this. The rest is up to you. Do what you can for Giorno, even if it isn't 'right.'" She floored it, and the car roared away. Towards Ortygia. "N-no! Sheila E...you're gonna try a suiсide run?"
Love Ortygia. Will be here another day, then on to Catania for the last two days.
October 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Love Ortygia. Will be here another day, then on to Catania for the last two days.
November 28, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Aside from some flight arrangement nonsense, Sicily was incredible. Some choice views from Sciacca, our hotel room in Agrigento, and the harbor at Syracuse:
March 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Aside from some flight arrangement nonsense, Sicily was incredible. Some choice views from Sciacca, our hotel room in Agrigento, and the harbor at Syracuse:
USING HIS OWN TWIST ON HIS WIFES NOBLE PHANTASM TO MAKE HER FALL. CINEMA. KINO.
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
USING HIS OWN TWIST ON HIS WIFES NOBLE PHANTASM TO MAKE HER FALL. CINEMA. KINO.
Thank you
From last year… in Ortygia where the nymph was
From last year… in Ortygia where the nymph was
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thank you
From last year… in Ortygia where the nymph was
From last year… in Ortygia where the nymph was
The Syracuse cathedral – the Duomo – boasts one of the most imposing exteriors on Ortygia, an island with no shortage thereof.
March 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Syracuse cathedral – the Duomo – boasts one of the most imposing exteriors on Ortygia, an island with no shortage thereof.
If you had to imagine one of the most beautiful coins of antiquity, you might be dreaming of this beauty - a silver decadrachm from Syracuse, Sicily. On the reverse, the nymph Arethusa, patron of the city, is surrounded by (nice) dolphins; on the obverse, a victorious quadriga. 🏺 1/
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![The reverse of this silver decadrachm depicts the profile of Arethusa, a nymph (or nereid) who was transformed into a freshwater spring on the tiny island of Ortygia adjacent to Syracuse, Sicily.
As the patron figure of Syracuse, Arethusa is shown with her hair in a beautiful net (golden hairnets were a luxury of the elite) and surrounded by swimming dolphins. An inscription above and to the side of her head reads: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ[Ν], or Syrakosion - Syracuse.
Greek, minted in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy (part of Magna Graecia, Great Greece - the Greek colonies in Italy), ca. 405-400 BCE. Silver.
Diameter: 37.8 mm (1.488 in.)
Weight: 43.11 g
Getty Villa Museum, on loan from the American Numismatic Society (1964.79.21)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4gvknr7shvnikz4ymbtf7wye/bafkreiaddvmlwotvbol7rgbdm4qcp2ggbvxlw2xvmg47kfkuvnzmqghkka)
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If you had to imagine one of the most beautiful coins of antiquity, you might be dreaming of this beauty - a silver decadrachm from Syracuse, Sicily. On the reverse, the nymph Arethusa, patron of the city, is surrounded by (nice) dolphins; on the obverse, a victorious quadriga. 🏺 1/
📸 me
📸 me