THE EAR OF DIONYSUS by Martina Cassiere https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g Cassiere, Cusimano, Costa en-us 2018-01-17 09:11:07 UTC 2023-10-03 02:35:09 UTC hello@padlet.com THE EAR OF DIONYSUS martina2000 https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221986884
The Ear of Dionysius is a limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy. Its name comes from its similarity in shape to the human ear..The name of the cave was coined in 1586 by the painter Caravaggio. It refers to the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse. According to legend, Dionysius used the cave as a prison for political dissidents, and by means of the perfect acoustics eavesdropped on the plans. The visitors of the cave can however still hear the echo while they are in the Ear of Dionysius.
Because of its reputation for acoustic flawlessness, the Ear of Dionysius has also come to refer to a type of ear trumpet that has a flexible tube. 
]]> 2018-01-17 09:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221986884 martina2000 https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221987486 There is a strong possibility that this feature is actually of natural origin. It lies on the down slope side of a substantial. The highly polished sides also suggest that the phenomenon was created by water. Such a natural feature, especially given its acoustics, would have been valued in the ancient world for its supposed sacred properties and this could have led to its preservation. The building of the extensive necropolis that abuts it on the hillside above involved removing a huge amount of the original overlaying rock, it is also possible that this 'canyon' extended even further before men began quarrying there. ]]> 2018-01-17 09:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221987486 martina2000 https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221987719 2018-01-17 09:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221987719 THE LEGEND OF DIONYSUS martina2000 https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221987888 DIONYSUS is the god of the grape harvest, theatre and religious ecstasy in ancient Greek religion and myth. His worship became firmly established in the seventh century BC. He may have been  worshipped as early as c. 1500-1100 by Mycenean Greeks. Some legends say that Hera also drove Dionysus insane. Thereafter, Dionysus wandered the world accompanied by his teacher, Silenus, bands ofsatyrs,and his women followers, who were known as maenads. When Dionysus traveled to Egypt, he introduced the cultivation of grapes and the art of winemaking. When he went to Libya, he established anoraclein the desert. ]]> 2018-01-17 09:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221987888 martina2000 https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221988255 2018-01-17 09:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221988255 martina2000 https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221988576 2018-01-17 09:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/martina2000/ko7u0swwp17g/wish/221988576