Roman Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Rome
Included:
- All About Roman Mythology
- The Works of Actor Ernest Borgnine
- Status of the Italian Language 2008
- Centennial for L’Italo-Americano Italian Language Newspaper
- Translating the Plays of Italian Author Natalia Ginzburg
- PRIMO’s Biannual Guide to Italian Language Schools in Italy & America
- Italo Marchiony: The Inventor of the Ice Cream Cone
The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Rome: The polytheistic beliefs were an intrinsic part of ancient Roman civilization. Although the fundamental beliefs were strikingly different, successful analogies are sometimes made between ancient paganism and Christianity.
Ernest Borgnine: America’s Film and TV Star for All Generations: The great Italian American actor has played it all. Cowboy, seaman, Russian spy, Viking king; you name it. At 92 years old, Borgnine is still very active in film and television. He stars in two new movies scheduled for release this year, a drama “Another Harvest Moon,” and a western “Chinaman’s Chance.” He continues vigorously along a career path stretching back six decades with over 100 films and television programs to his acting credit, an Oscar, a Golden Globe and an Emmy. Borgnine has put down in words his extraordinary career. His autobiography “Ernie,” published by Citadel Press is currently in bookstores. PRIMO features an interview with Borgnine about his autobiography and his experiences in Hollywood.
Status of the Italian Language 2008: Italian is not just spoken in Italy any longer. The number of people speaking Italian in the world has grown. PRIMO categorizes the nations with Italian speaking populations today.
California’s Italian Language Newspaper L’Italo-Americano: With a recent front page headline “Venezie concede la cittadinanza onoraria al Dalai Lama,” (Venice grants honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama) you might think L’Italo-Americano is a weekly newspaper published in Venice or some other major Italian city. But the masthead makes clear the location is Sun Valley, California. L’Italo-Americano has been a fixture in the Golden State since 1908. This year marks the centennial of the newspaper, a milestone unmatched by most other newspapers of any language.
Translating the Works of Italian Author Natalia Ginzburg: Born 1916 in Palermo and raised in Turin, the writer was a central figure of Italy’s post-war literature renaissance. She died in 1991 after completing scores of plays, essays and novels that explored the relationships between wives and husbands, daughters and fathers, mothers and children. Wendell Rickets, an American writer now living in Italy, recently completed the translation of Ginzburg’s plays from Italian to English. PRIMO interviewed him on the techniques of Italian-to-English translation, Ginzburg’s legacy, and changes in the Italian language.
PRIMO's Biannual Guide to Italian Language Schools: Our in-depth guide, always popular with readers, features the top language schools in Italy. We also provide a state-by-state list of universities and colleges with Italian language programs. If you want to learn Italian, then this is the issue to read.
Italo Marchiony’s Sweet Invention: What better way to eat ice cream than with an ice cream cone? Over 100 years old, the ice cream cone has been claimed by scores of inventors. But only Italian immigrant Italo Marchiony is credited with the task. Read his story in PRIMO.
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