Vistas in Sicily

by Arthur Stanley Riggs

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [X], [Z]

Achradina (Syracuse), [116], [135], [147], [148].
Acolyte, irreverent, [194].
Acqueducts, [139-140], [154].
Ætna, Introd., [i]; [14], [85], [107], [108], [109], [111], [153], [155], [159], [160], [161], [163], [164], [188], [189], [205], [212].
Aetnean Railroad, [162-163].
Agatha (Ágata) St., [156].
Agathocles, King (Tyrant), [135], [237], [238].
Agora (Marketplace), [134].
Agrigentum (See Girgenti).
Akragas, Introd., [viii]; [19], [90], [91], [92].
Alfonso (Caratozzo), [95], [96], [102], [104], [106].
Amber, Catanian, [158].
Amphitheatres, Roman, [140], [154].
Anapo, [115], [128].
Angevin (Anjou), Introd., [x]; [74], [75], [76], [84], [209].
Antisthenes, [91].
Aragon (Aragonese), Introd., [x]; [71], [155-156].
Archimedes, Introd., [vii]; [135], [136], [138], [145], [146].
Arethusa, [120], [121-122], [151].
Arms of Taormina, [193].
Artemis (Diana), [120], [121], [122].
Asdrubal, Gen., [82], [83].
Atenasio, banker, Signor Pancrazio, [180-182].
Athens, [116], [124-127], [149], [150], [151], [236].
Augusta, [112], [113].
Bagheria, [81], [225-232].
“Beautiful Shore” (See Kalé Akté).
Beggars, [54], [55], [183], [216].
Bellini, Composer, [154].
Bell-baiting, [186-187].
Berlinas, [88].
Bits (horses’), [26].
Bourbon, Introd., [xi]; [62], [64], [163].
Bull, brazen, [96-97].
Byron, Lord (quoted), [264].
Byzantine, Empire, Introd., [ix];
Style, [62], [201].
Cafés, [35], [36], [55], [58], [92], [110], [139].
Cala, La, [18].
Carabinieri, [106].
Carthage, Introd., [iv], [vii], [viii]; [82], [92], [223], [236], [241].
Carthaginians, Introd., [vii], [viii]; [129], [208], [223], [234-235], [240].
Carts, painted, [25], [26].
Castrogiovanni (Enna), [108].
Catacombs, [147-148].
Cathedrals—
Catania, [155-156].
Cefalù, [219-221].
Girgenti, [105].
Marsala, [242].
Messina, [212].
Mola, [185].
Monreale, [48-52], [220].
Palermo, [42-44], [258].
Syracuse, [118-119].
Taormina, [194-196].
Trapani, [244].
Cefalù, [216-221].
Beach, [221].
Cathedral, [219-221].
Types at, [221].
Cemeteries, [47], [74], [76].
Cephaloedium (See Cefalù).
Charondas, [152-153].
Chiaramonte, Pallazzo, [71-72].
Christ of the Onions, The, [32].
Churches—
Bagheria, [231-232].
Catania, [158-159].
Girgenti, [95], [100], [105].
Messina, [211], [212].
Palermo, [256].
Syracuse, [146], [147], [148].
Trapani, [244].
Cicero, [6], [119], [145].
Class distinction, [49].
Cleanliness, [21], [243].
Climate, [6].
Coins in Sicily, Greek, [120].
Conca d’Oro (Golden Shell), [4], [55], [62], [74], [75], [78], [80], [233], [252], [254], [256].
Consuls, [58-59].
Corso (promenade), [23], [24], [86].
Corso (street), [21], [22], [177], [178], [184], [197], [203].
Crusades, The, [208].
Cuba, La, [47-48].
Cyane (Kyana), [123], [130-132].
Danklon (Zankle), [208].
Demagogues, [115].
Deserted Village, [184].
Dialect, Sicilian, [175].
Dikaiopolis (See Segesta).
Diodorus, Introd., [ii], [vii]; [96], [109], [110].
Dionysius, [114], [129], [136], [162], [174], [201], [202], [216].
Donkeys, Sardinian, [26], [252], [253].
Drepana (See Trapani).
Dulcie, Dulcinea, [13].
Earthquake, Messina, [209].
Eggs, [33].
Elephants, [82-83].
Eleutherian Feasts, The, [141-142].
Emigration, [182], [184].
Empedocle, Porto, [93].
Empedocles of Akragas, Introd., [vii]; [92-93].
Enna (See Castrogiovanni).
Entrails, [24], [25], [33].
Epipolai (Syracuse), [116], [135], [136], [137], [140].
Eryx (See Mte San Giuliano).
Euryelus, Fort, [136], [138], [139].
Favorita, Château of La, [11], [62-64].
Felice (Lady F. Orsini; and Porta F.), [86].
Ferdinand IV, King, [62-64].
Festa (Festivals).
Sta. Ágata, [156-157].
San Giuseppe, [229-230].
della Madonna dei Capri, [250-251].
Sta Rosalia, [258].
Fiera di Pascua (Easter Fair), [28], [29].
Floral displays, [15], [19], [69], [88], [99], [148], [149], [169], [171], [193], [205], [221], [222], [245].
Food, [8], [24], [25], [33], [36], [53-54], [58], [94], [180], [230].
Forestieri, [24], [31], [96], [261].
Fountains, [192-193].
Four Winds, Place of, [262], [263].
Frederick II, Emperor, Introd., [ix], [x]; [43], [80-81], [113].
Funeral, A Taormina, [197-198].
Gambling Games, [231].
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, Introd., [xi]; [83], [168], [187], [215], [235-236], [241], [244].
Garibaldi, Theatre Politeama, [27].
Gellias, [91].
Gelon, Tyrant, [115], [129], [135], [222].
Gesù, Sta Maria di, [76-79].
Giotto, [52], [77].
Girgenti, [90].
Giulia Guevaha, Donna (Villa G), [84], [85].
Giuliano, Mte San (Eryx), [15], [245], [246], [247], [248].
Giuseppe, San, Church of, [231-232].
Goats, [171], [190], [191], [197], [207], [250-251], [256], [261].
Goethe, Wolfgang, [75], [259], [260].
Golden Shell (See Conca d’Oro).
Grazing on Pellegrino, [255].
Greece, Introd., [ii], [viii], [xii]; [116], [123], [174].
Gregorio, [2], [10].
Greek religion, [99-100].
Greek temples, Introd., [vi], [xii]; [27], [99-103], [140], [219], [237].
Greeks, The, Introd., [iv], [v], [vi], [vii], [xii]; [19], [104], [109], [133], [139], [140], [149-150], [173], [204], [205], [209], [235], [236], [246].
Greeks, famous, in Sicily, Introd., [v], [vi], [vii]; [97], [113], [141], [150].
Gualterio, [10], [11], [29], [30], [41], [79], [80], [84], [227-228].
Hadranos (Hadranum), [162].
Hamilcar, [70], [98], [222-223].
Hammerstein, Oscar, [200].
Hannibal, Gisgon, [70-71], [223], [239].
Heircte, Herkte (See Pellegrino).
Hichens, Robert, [77].
Hieron, King, [130], [135], [137], [141], [143], [144].
Hieron, Tyrant, [153], [174].
Himera, Introd., [viii]; [79], [91], [98], [129], [222-223].
Historians, Introd., [ii], [vii]; [43], [71], [92], [98], [124], [126], [127], [144], [149], [150].
Homer (Odyssey), Introd., [iii]; [158], [164].
Hotels, [170].
Ignorance (Illiteracy), [64-65], [178].
Kalé Akté (Calacte), [216].
Kataneion, Katane (See Chapters on Catania).
Kephalé (See Cefalù).
Kipling, Rudyard, [63].
Krimisos (Cold Stream), [234-235];
battle of, [235].
Land ownership, [181-182].
Latomie (Quarries), [14], [115], [142], [148], [149], [151], [242].
Lebrosi, S. Giovanni dei, [81-82].
Legends, [121-122], [123], [164], [165], [166].
Lentini, Lake, [110].
Lucy, St., [156].
Macaroni, [34], [53-54], [90].
Maffiusi (Mafia), [175].
Marcellus, [136-138].
Mare Dolce, The, [80].
Marionettes, [37-40].
Markets, [30-36], [134].
Marriage, [57].
Marsala, [241-243].
Martorana, Church of, [44-45].
Mássimo, Theatre, [27], [28].
Mediterranean, Introd., [i], [iii], [iv], [xi]; [5], [6], [7], [101], [219], [264].
Messana (See Messina).
Messina (and Strait of), Introd., [iii]; [44], [207-214].
Metellus, Consul, [83].
Metopes, [70-71], [239].
Milk, [190-191], [207].
Minstrels, [177], [199-200].
Misericordia, The, [197].
Mola, [173], [182-186], [190].
Monks, [76], [77].
Monreale, [48-55], [72], [220].
Mosaics, glass, [49-51], [60-62].
Mummies, Subway of, [47].
Museums—
Girgenti, [103].
Palermo, [67-70].
Syracuse, [119-120].
Mylæ, [215].
Naxos, [173], [174].
Neapolis (Syracuse), [116], [135].
Newspapers, [223-224].
Nicias (Greek General), [113].
Night, Noises of the, [186-187].
Normans, The (also N. Architecture), Introd., [ii], [ix]; [43], [44], [89], [118], [173], [208], [219], [247].
Ortygia, Island of (Syracuse), [115], [116], [117], [122], [133], [135], [138].
Ovid, [109].
Palace (See Palazzo).
Palæstra, [134].
Palagonia, Prince (also Villa), [228-229].
Palatina, La Cappella, [60-62], [220].
Palazzata, La, [210-211].
Palazzo, [56], [59], [62-64], [71-72], [210].
Panormos (Palermo), [18], [224].
Papyrus, [130], [131], [132].
Parks, [19], [20].
Pellegrino, Mte., [17], [78], [86], [217], [251], [252-261], [262].
Pergusa, Lake of, [109].
Phalaris, [96], [97].
Philistis, Queen, [143-144].
Phoenicians (Phoenicia), Introd., [iv]; [18], [19], [123], [218], [224], [235], [238], [246].
Pigs, [184], [185].
Pindar, Poet, [97], [98], [143], [144].
Posers, professional, [176].
Primitive Inhabitants (Sikans, Sikels, Elymians, Phœnicians), Introd., [iii], [iv]; [69], [119], [217], [218], [234], [235], [236], [237], [245], [246], [247].
Prisoners, Athenian, [149-150], [151].
Problem, The Sicilian, [181-182].
Proserpina (Persephone), [14], [109], [131].
Punic Wars, Introd., viii.
Quattro Venti (See Four Winds, Place of).
Quijote, Don, and Sancho, [254], [261].
Railroad about Ætna (see Aetnean R.R.).
Railroads (also Service), [167-168].
Randazzo, [163-164].
Relics, [258].
Relief Work at Messina, [213-214].
Roger, King, [43-45], [60], [72], [83], [155], [212], [218], [219].
Rome (Roman), Introd., [viii], [ix], [xii]; [27], [82], [83], [109], [116], [133], [138], [143], [204-205], [241], [246].
Rometta, [215].
Rosalia, Saint, [42], [156], [251], [256-261].
Chapel of, [259-261].
Festival of, [258].
Statue of, [261], [264].
Rosinante, [254], [255].
Sacred Band (see Krimisos).
Saints, female, [156].
Salamis, Introd., viii.
Salinas, Professor A., [69].
Salt Works, [113], [123], [243].
“Sancho,” [254-261].
Santo Spirito, Campo, [74], [75].
Santuario, Via al, [253], [256].
Saracens (Moors), Introd., [ii], [ix], [vii]; [12], [19], [41], [44], [47], [62], [72], [78], [80], [81], [96], [111], [118], [176], [205], [247], [256].
Scenery (also Railroad and Coast), [89], [90], [99], [111], [112], [114], [135], [148], [149], [155], [161], [169], [170], [205-216], [207], [215], [216], [217], [218], [221], [222], [233], [234], [245], [246].
Schools, [65], [178], [179-180].
Scláfani Palace, [45].
Scylla and Charybdis, [169], [208].
Segesta (Egesta), [236-238].
Selinus, [70-71], [236], [238-240].
Solous (Soluntum), Solunto, [224-225], [227-228].
Spanish (Spaniard), Introd., [x]; [21], [63], [121].
Stefano, Dukes of (also Palace), [202], [203].
Stesichorus (Tisias), Introd., [viii]; [154].
Sulphur (Mines; Mining), [90], [93], [107], [152].
Sunrise over Ætna, [188-189].
Syracuse, Introd., [viii]; [19].
Battle of the bay, [124-127].
Sieges of, [124], [136], [138], [149-150].
Taormina peasants, [175].
Termini Imerese, [223-224].
Tessere, [4], [5], [6], [87].
Theatres, [27], [36-41], [143-145], [154], [203], [204-206], [237].
Theocritus, Introd., [vii]; [12], [135], [176].
Theron, Tyrant, [98], [115], [222].
Thucydides, Introd., [i]; [125-6], [149-150], [209].
Timoleon, [135], [144-145], [168], [234], [235], [236].
Tips (Tipping), [8], [9].
Tisias (see Stesichorus).
Trapani, [243-245].
Trionfo della Morte (fresco), [45-46].
Trireme, The, [92].
Trojans at Trapani, [245].
Troubadours (see Minstrels).
Tyche (Syracuse), [116], [135].
Tyndaris, [215-216].
Tyrant (defined), [98-99].
Tyrants, [115].
Age of the, [114], [141].
Usury (Usurers), [181-182].
Venus Anadyomene, [120].
Venus, Temple of, [245], [246].
Verres, C. Gaius, [119], [128].
Vespers, Sicilian, Introd., [x]; [25], [68], [74-75], [84], [186], [209].
Villa, [66-67].
Vulcanological Observatory, [159].
William I, The Bad, King, [72], [73], [74].
William II, The Good, King, [47-48], [52], [74], [257].
Wine, Marsala, [242].
Xerxes, Introd., vii.
Xiphonia (see Augusta).
Zankle (Danklon, Messina), [208].
Zeus (Jupiter), Introd., [viii]; [103], [105], [129], [153], [235].

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

as the the insignia of his rank=> as the insignia of his rank {pg 25}

TKE NORTHERN SHORE=> THE NORTHERN SHORE {pg 215}

blinding than a Silician spring morning=> blinding than a Sicilian spring morning {pg 42}

it causes not the slighest comment=> it causes not the slightest comment {pg 43}

of any length is comtemplated=> of any length is contemplated {pg 59}

at the very top of the steep to the main buildings=> at the very top of the step to the main buildings {pg 79}

failed to grasp and and master thoroughly=> failed to grasp and master thoroughly {pg 81}

not in existance in Phalaris’s time=> not in existrnce in Phalaris’s time {pg 96}

against he Turks=> against the Turks {pg 241}

Quijote, Don, and Soancho, 254, 261.=>Quijote, Don, and Sancho, 254, 261. {pg 271}

suppressesd Benedictine monastery=> suppressed Benedictine monastery {pg 158}

Agatha (Agata) St., 156.=> Agatha (Ágata) St., 156. {pg 269}

Favorita, Chateau of La, 11, 62-64.=> Favorita, Château of La, 11, 62-64. {pg 270}

Sta. Agata, 156-157.=> Sta. Ágata, 156-157. {pg 270}

Massimo, Theatre, 27, 28.=> Mássimo, Theatre, 27, 28. {pg 271}

Palaestra, 134.=>Palæstra, 134. {pg 271}

Mylae, 215.=> Mylæ, 215. {pg 271}

Sclafani Palace, 45.=>Scláfani Palace, 45. {pg 272}

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