Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Sicily, once a stopping place for the Phoenicians, became home to Greeks and at one time had more Greeks and Greek temples than Greece itself. Highlights the theater in Syracuse where Aeschylus' play "The Persians" opened. Visits the Villa del Casale and Villa Filosofiana both with typical Roman mosaics and Agrigento with its numerous temples possibly built by Theron's slaves. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate Syracuse's theater, the Temple of Concordia at Agrigento and the temples at Selinus.
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