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Cape Miseno (Italian: Capo Miseno, Latin: Misenum, Ancient Greek: Μισήνον) is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Bay of Pozzuoli in southern Italy. The cape is directly across from the island of Procida and is named for Misenus, a character in Virgil's Aeneid.

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Coordinates: 40.77771°N 14.08941°E / 40.77771; 14.08941

History

Historically, the cape was important to the Romans since it was a natural shelter for passage into the inner harbor of Portus Julius, the home port for the Roman western imperial fleet. In 39 BCE, Sextus Pompeius and the members of the Second Triumvirate — specifically, Mark Antony and Gaius Julius Caesar, the later Roman Emperor Augustus — signed the Pact of Misenum at the cape.[1] Mythologically, important sections of the Aeneid play out in the Gulf of Naples: This is where Aeneas' comrade, Misenus, master of the sea-horn — the conch-shell — made "the waves ring" with his music and challenged the sea-god Triton to musical battle. He was dashed into the sea and killed by "jealous Triton". Then:

"...Pious Aeneas

sets up a mighty tomb above Misenus

bearing his arms, a trumpet, and an oar;

it stands beneath a lofty promontory,

now known as Cape Misenus after him:

it keeps a name that lasts through all the ages."

(trans. Allen Mandelbaum. The Aeneid. Bantam. 1981)

See also

• Capo Miseno Lighthouse

References

External links

• Servizio Fari Marina Militare

На других языках

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- [en] Cape Miseno

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[es] Cabo Miseno

El cabo Miseno es la punta extrema de la península Flegrea que señala el confín entre el golfo de Pozzuoli y el canal de Procida, en la inmediata vecindad de la bahía de Miseno, en la comuna de Bacoli, Italia. Ofrece una espléndida vista del golfo de Nápoles y de las islas de Isquia y Procida.

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[it] Capo Miseno

Capo Miseno è la punta estrema della penisola flegrea, nelle immediate vicinanze del porto di Miseno, nel comune di Bacoli.

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