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E’ Arrivato Flegetonte Posted by on Jul 9, 2015

“E’ arrivato Flegetonte” (Phlegethon has arrived) is the main headline in most Italian newspapers at the moment. But what on earth is a Flegetonte? Well, in Greek mythology, Phlegethon was one of the rivers of the underworld, its name meaning ‘flaming’. In his Inferno, Dante Alighieri describes the Flegetonte as a river of boiling blood which…

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Il Meteo – Part 1 Posted by on Jul 27, 2011

Le previsioni del tempo – literally the weather forecasts (N.B. we use the plural in Italian) is more commonly known as il meteo (think of the word meteorological). Like any specialized field, il meteo has its own particular vocabulary, which can be pretty daunting when all you want to know is whether it will be…

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