Visits the craters of Etna
· Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy
Wikimedia Commons · Public Domain · file Later ancient tradition says Plato’s first Sicilian voyage included an inspection of Mount Etna’s volcanic craters, reflecting the scientific curiosity attributed to his travels. The Etna visit is a later biographical tradition and may have arisen from interpretations of Plato’s writings; 387 BC represents the conventional date of the first Sicilian voyage.
