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Extract from the Tranto Travel Guides:
There are numerous legends connected with the origins of
TRANTO
. It was variously founded by the Spartan deity Phalanthus; Taras, the son of Neptune; or - perhaps more likely - illegitimate Spartans born while their fathers were away fighting. Whatever the truth is, Taras, as it was known to the Greeks, was a well-chosen site and soon became the first city of Magna Graecia, renowned for its wool, its oysters and mussels, and its dyes - the imperial purple was the product of decayed Tarentine molluscs. Resplendent with temples, its acropolis harboured a vast bronze of Poseidon that was one of the wonders of the ancient world. Sadly, li...
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