The Phoenician city of Segesta, whose history of plotting and counter plotting contributed to the Punic wars and the destruction of Selinunte and the inevitable decline of Greece, is a delightful place to visit. It's Doric temple and amphitheater are among the best preserved Greek ruins in all of Magna Grecia. Here we see a long shot of the temple along with the photo of a man waiting for the bus to take visitors from the theater who uses the flag to shade himself from the super insinuating and hot Sicilian sun. All of Italy is at present replete with flags as the country is celebrating the 150th anniversary of it's unification that began with the expedition of I Mille, "the thousand" led by Garibaldi who landed in Marsala in 1860. As they say, the rest is history but mixed with legend and myths. But we need myths as they make us see something bigger than ourselves. It it's so sad that in our pathetically uneducated world, peopled by those who believe that they are indeed educated, myths are put down as being somehow detrimental. Joseph Campbell would surely disagree.
BTW, my town of Castellammare del Golfo was the ancient port and emporium of Segesta.
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