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Aeschylus himself would be pleased to see Greek drama still flourishing in Syracuse's
great amphitheatre (
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), two-and-a-half millennia later. Every spring, the Cycle of
Classical Plays (
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)
brings a solid month's worth of live performances to the very
venue where the venerable playwright once sat. From June through August, the action
moves up the coast to Taormina's Teatro Greco (
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), where you can watch
everything from international film premieres to famous rockers, dancers and divas perform-
ing under the balmy night air, all with Mt Etna as the scenic backdrop.
