“We don’t know much about Liparus,” Vito resumed, “but mythology tells us that he led a large tribe of people from the mainland to the Aeolian Islands.”
“Whoa,” I quickly objected. “I thought we were talking about Ankara.”
“Oh, certumentu,” Vito assured me, raising a hand and gently waving it at me as a sign of agreement.
certumentu,”“But other things were happening at the same time, other villages, other growing settlements, even cities on Sicily. We’ll get back to Ankara, but I just remembered Lipari and – well, at my advanced age – you have to let me continue or I will forget it.”
Vito smiled in my direction, but I doubted that his sharp memory required any coaxing. However, I had to let him continue. But first…
“You said Liparus, then Lipari. Which is it?
“Liparus was a tribal le
