Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Martorelli's book is a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. It is the only proof of its former existence. The book is still available for inspection and purchase. #2 Martorelli's book was a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. It was the only proof of its former existence. The book is still available for inspection and purchase. #3 Martorelli's theory that Homer lived in Naples and founded the university there was not well received, and he lost his reputation. He began to believe that much of what we take to be Greek culture was in fact exported from ancient Italy to Greece. #4 Jacopo Martorelli was a Neapolitan philosopher who wrote a 738-page treatise on a bronze octagonal inkpot that was subsequently housed in the museum at Portici. He believed that much of what we consider Greek culture was actually imported from ancient Italy to Greece.