Written by Paola Pane
The Amalfi coast is steeped in legend and myth. It is believed that here lived the legendary Sirens, as described by Homer in the “Odyssey”. Li Galli islands in the Gulf of Salerno are shaped just like the Sirens, and Sorrento itself was named by the Greeks as “Syrenusion” or “Syreon” which means “Siren’s land”, because it is believed that here Odysseus met these creatures....
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