“Magna Graecia” is Latin for “Great Greece” — and was it ever “great” during the time many of these works were created. Cleveland is the first city on the tour of these art works culled from seven ...

PAESTUM, ITALY — Even if there were no fresh mozzarella cheese on the wide plain that edges the Gulf of Salerno in southern Campania, the Greek ruins of Paestum would be reason enough for coming here.

At a time of internal social upheaval, Sparta looked westward across the Mediterranean and founded the colony of Taras.

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Taranto owes its origins to the Spartans who founded it in the 8th century BC with the name Taras (Τάρας). At that time, the Apulian city became one of the most important polis in Magna Graecia, ...