Ron Layters
nymph
the nymph Arethusa is the symbol of Ortigia - the ancient nucleus of Syracuse.
Greek mythology has it that Arethusa came across a clear stream in Arcadia and started bathing, not knowing that the stream was actually the River God Alpheus. He fell in love with her but she wanted to stay chaste and fled. Artemis (the goddess of hunting) decided to help her, and transformed her into a fresh water spring. In her watery guise, Artemis fled from Arcadia under the sea coming to the surface at Ortigia in Sicily...
This fountain, in Piazza Archimede, depects the moment of her transormation into a spring
nymph
the nymph Arethusa is the symbol of Ortigia - the ancient nucleus of Syracuse.
Greek mythology has it that Arethusa came across a clear stream in Arcadia and started bathing, not knowing that the stream was actually the River God Alpheus. He fell in love with her but she wanted to stay chaste and fled. Artemis (the goddess of hunting) decided to help her, and transformed her into a fresh water spring. In her watery guise, Artemis fled from Arcadia under the sea coming to the surface at Ortigia in Sicily...
This fountain, in Piazza Archimede, depects the moment of her transormation into a spring