08-15-2012, 03:32 AM
Quote:Is that really Eryx?Hooray! Yes it is - the site of the Temple of Venus at Eryx (modern Erice) in western Sicily.
Here's a slightly expanded view:
[attachment=4947]EriceTempleSite.jpg[/attachment]
Aeneas stopped off here on the way to Carthage and held funeral games for his father (including boxing). More famously (or infamously), the temple was supposedly a centre for 'sacred prostitution' - Strabo says the prostitutes were called Hierodules - although many modern historians seem to doubt the substance of the claim!
Anyway - once more over to Jona... mile:
Nathan Ross