Summary of Marius Kociejowski's The Serpent Coiled in Naples

By IRB Media

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#1 Martorelli’s book is a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. It is the only proof of its former existence. The book is still available for inspection and purchase.

#2 Martorelli’s book was a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. It was the only proof of its former existence. The book is still available for inspection and purchase.

#3 Martorelli’s theory that Homer lived in Naples and founded the university there was not well received, and he lost his reputation. He began to believe that much of what we take to be Greek culture was in fact exported from ancient Italy to Greece.

#4 Jacopo Martorelli was a Neapolitan philosopher who wrote a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. He believed that much of what we consider Greek culture was actually imported from ancient Italy to Greece.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350040746

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Insights on Marius Kociejowski's The Serpent Coiled in Naples

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Martorelli’s book is a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. It is the only proof of its former existence. The book is still available for inspection and purchase.

#2

Martorelli’s book was a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. It was the only proof of its former existence. The book is still available for inspection and purchase.

#3

Martorelli’s theory that Homer lived in Naples and founded the university there was not well received, and he lost his reputation. He began to believe that much of what we take to be Greek culture was in fact exported from ancient Italy to Greece.

#4

Jacopo Martorelli was a Neapolitan philosopher who wrote a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. He believed that much of what we consider Greek culture was actually imported from ancient Italy to Greece.

#5

I visited Naples, and found a Sicilian proverb that said, Never fear Rome, the serpent lies coiled in Naples. It was used in an American TV film, Gotti: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Mafia Don, which critics dismissed as being too detailed for casual viewers and inaccurate for enthusiasts.

#6

Martorelli’s theory that Homer lived in Naples and founded the university there was not well received, and he lost his reputation. He began to believe that much of what we consider Greek culture was actually imported from ancient Italy to Greece.

#7

The folkloric is where I needed to take extra care. I had been warned by certain people that I should avoid any depiction of Naples as a folkloric city. The truly folkloric begins to disappear when the conditions of life improve.

#8

Do not abandon Naples when you are caught up in politics or business. Do not leave this place, which we all must love, to its death throes.

#9

Martorelli’s theory that Homer lived in Naples and founded the university there was not well received, and he lost his reputation. He began to believe that much of what we consider Greek culture was actually imported from ancient Italy to Greece.

#10

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as the city’s folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#11

Do not visit Naples during political or business engagements, as its folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#12

The folkloric is where I needed to take extra care. I had been warned by certain people that I should avoid any depiction of Naples as a folkloric city. The truly folkloric begins to disappear when the conditions of life improve.

#13

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as its folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#14

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as its folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#15

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as its folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#16

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as its folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#17

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as its folkloric aspects disappear when its conditions of life improve.

#18

The people in Naples do not live in time, because time does not exist for them. They are not even aware of the notion of time. They have no concept of history, no idea of the future, because they have no past. They do not know what is happening around them, they are completely in the present moment.

#19

Do not visit Naples while caught up in politics or business, as its