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TRAVELS OF THE TWINSS Y R A C U S E —where all the trouble started. Not to be confused with the mightyuniversity town in central New York, though both featured thrivingsalt industries at one time. We’re looking here to the ancientsettlement on the eastern coast of Sicily, settled by Greeks fromCorinth, and home to a flourishing cultural life—including thealways cleanly mathematician “Eureka” Archimedes. It is indeedan easy boat ride from Albania.Next Stage: The Boys from Syracuse | 11
“Our rigid laws of Ephesus mostrightfully refuse/A visa to anycitizen of uncivilized Syracuse.”E P H E S U S —sounds like a sneeze but was more likely to inspire blessings. Home tothe play’s action, this picturesque town on the Aegean coast of Turkeystarted as a colonial settlement of mainland Greeks and becameassociated with all kinds of magic, sorcery, and black arts. Later, it wasan important center for early Christians (and some habitually late,too); Paul was based here for a time and wrote the catchy Epistle tothe Ephesians, which has yet to be set to music.Next Stage: The Boys from Syracuse | 12
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