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Aegeus Society For Aegean Prehistory

ARTICLES | 2009

15 October 2010

Lictoria parva. Una grande impresa archeologica e una piccola fondazione italiana a Creta (Lictoria Parva. A great archaeological work and a small Italian foundation in Crete)

L. Pernier Creta Antica 10/I (2009): 49-56.

Abstract

The original of this type-script, which was probably not written for publication, was sent to Count Fr. Pellati, General Director of Antiquities and Arts at the Ministry of National Education at the end of 1935. The first part is a simple geographic and histori­cal presentation, which uses strong but also clearly didactic tones and adjectives, so as to rouse the interest of the recipient, and enlarge the merits of the actors. The various steps and practical difficulties of the exploration are remembered with extreme reality, with great pleasure and also some ‘literary’ aspirations. It is in any case a precious direct testi­mony for those difficult environmental conditions. The central issue is the logistical his­tory of the Cretan Mission, from 1899 to the construction of the house at Phaistos in 1931.

The new structure, labelled ‘Lictoria parva’, is described in a paradisiacal scenario (in contrast to the infernal conditions at the beginning). The strange fascist term was used to recall the draining of the surrounding marshes, which the members of the Italian mission had witnessed. The reference, therefore, needs to be to the Italian pontine marshes: ‘per­ciò le demmo l’insegna dei fasci e il titolo di “Lictoria parva”’.

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