Idylls from Messina
 Idylls from Messina (German: Idyllen aus Messina) is a set of eight idylls composed by Friedrich Nietzsche. These poems were written in Sicily during the Spring of 1882 where Nietzsche remained for three weeks after arriving from Genoa.In May 1882 those eight idylls were published in Internationale Monatschrift by Ernst Schmeitzner Nietzsche's publisher at the time with whom he would later sever all ties and whom he will eventually sue.