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Much of Southern Italy WAS colonised by Greeks 2500 years ago, and Theses areas "We Still Know What form today as Magna Grecia (Greater Greece). As a result, Southern Italy Became a center of Greek culture, music, and language for Hundreds of Years. Greece has in the Past aussi Been Occupied by Romans and Italians. To this day, we can see the Greek influence in Italy, and Italian influence in Greece,-through architecture, music, food and language. Naples, for example, Was a City Founded By The Greeks, and it's name derived from the Greek Nea Polis (New City). Naples WAS ALSO Greek speaking town Until The 9th century BC. It Is An Ancient Greek City, With A 'Abandoned secret underground city, Where There are Many original city walls, and Even a Greek-Roman theater Where the famous Emperor Nero Used to operating performance! The underground city is visited Can Be guided tours Organised by Napoli Sottoteranea - 'Napoli Underground'. In Piazza Bellini In The Center, You Can Also see Some Of The Original Greek ruins city.Agrigento, Sicily, IS famous for Valle dei Templi (Valley of Temples), One Of The Most Important archelogical sites in the World, and Is A UNESCO World Heritage site. There are Many Greek Doric temples just semblables hand center of Agrigento, Including Temple of Hercules, Temple of Zeus and Temple of Sicilian town of Siracusa Concord.The WAS aussi An Ancient Greek Town. The Greeks Arrived here in 734BC and named The Small Island of Ortigia in Siracusa after 'ortgyia', the Greek word for 'quail', as it was 'quail shaped'. (How Did They Know What It Looked like from above ...?) Theys aussi Various built temples, Such as the Temple of Apollo In The Piazza Central Pancali, and the Temple of Athena. Theys aussi Built The Arethusa fountain, named after legendary nymph of Arethusa The, Which Is now a 'hangout' for local Youngsters. Also, inland Hand From The Syracuse center, They Built The Biggest theater in Sicily.

With Many Areas of Southern Italy speaking Greek for Many Years, (Naples WAS Greek speaking Until The 9th century) it's no surprise That There Is Some Greek influence to Be Found In Some gold accents dialects in the South. Admittedly the Greek language is The Whole est très different, goal There Are Still A Few Words That remain.With the Roman aussi HAVING Occupied Greece, Some May Have Been words aussi Brought Into the Greek language by the Roman Griko and ..... languages spoken are Graecanic By The Italians Living in the Calabria region Bovesia, and Could Be Described As An Italian-Greek pidgin languages. Thesis languages are dying out, and There has been "a law Brought in to Protect Them, although Some Believe It May Be Too Late.

Greek, Arabic and Spanish influences are Southern Italian Music Can Be Heard from listening to Various pieces of music and songs, Both traditional and modern day, eg, Mari by Neapolitan artist Nino D'Angelo. Traditional Southern Italian and Greek music Both use similar instruments, Such As The mandolino (similar to the Greek bouzouki) and tamburello (tambourine), Which Is The Most important percussion instrument in Italy's music tradition. The 'Tamburello' Was Originally Introduced via Greek influence in South Italy, and Arabic influence aussi Through the tarantella in Sicily.The Is A famous traditional Southern Italian dance am and is Directly Related To The Ritual Of The cult of Dionysus (the patron god of wine ) of Ancient Greece. It Is named the after the tarantula spider. In Around the 16th and 17th centuries, People were poisoned by deadly tarantula bites From The Lycosa Tarantula, and It Was Believed optometrist Could Be cured only by frenetic dancing. Would start the dance was regular beat And Then gradually speed up. The victim works Themselves Into a 'trance' and dance in a state of ecstasy So Much Until They Were so exhausted. Once They Reached exhaustion and Slowed down Would Be taken it as a sign optometrist HAD Been cured. There Is Obviously a lot of Greek influence is The History and m.