Tarsia

Thirty-seven internees died from these diseases and were buried in the local Tarsia community cemetery.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

Thirty-seven internees died from these diseases and were buried in the local Tarsia community cemetery.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

The superintendent of maids replies, "Let the maid here present be dressed up with every care, let a name-ticket be written for her, and the fellow who deflowers Tarsia shall pay half a libra; afterwards she shall be at the service of the public for one solidus per head."

Satyricon 2007

Now we have shades of gray and brown and yes, Tarsia more green in the lawn than is seemly for the festivities.

Raining jhetley 2006

The superintendent of maids replies, "Let the maid here present be dressed up with every care, let a name-ticket be written for her, and the fellow who deflowers Tarsia shall pay half a libra; afterwards she shall be at the service of the public for one solidus per head."

The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

The superintendent of maids replies, "Let the maid here present be dressed up with every care, let a name-ticket be written for her, and the fellow who deflowers Tarsia shall pay half a libra; afterwards she shall be at the service of the public for one solidus per head."

The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

It rises steeply at first, then begins to wind in and out among shady vales of chestnut and oak, affording unexpected glimpses now towards distant Tarsia and now, through a glade on the right, on to the ancient citadel of Bisignano, perched on its rock.

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

Tarsia used to lie by the river-side, and was a flourishing place, according to the descriptions of Leandro Alberti and other early writers; floods and malaria have now forced it to climb the hills.

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

Tarsia below the present river-level, you will pass through beds of silt and ooze to traces of old walls and cultivated land.

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

The same fate -- the same relapse from prosperity to decay -- and for the same reasons, has overtaken many other riverside villages, among them that of Tarsia, the Caprasia of the An tonine Itinerary.

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910