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Sybota (433 BCE)
Naval Battle of Sybota: battle between the Corinthians and Corcyraeans, one of the direct causes of the Peloponnesian War.Introduction In 445, Athens and Sparta put an end to a war that had lasted fifteen years. Both sides were exhausted. The Spartans…Syloson
Syloson (Greek: Συλοσών): tyrant of Samos (since 517 BCE), brother of Polycrates. Statue of a warrior from Samos We know about Syloson…Syloson's Cloak
In the following text, Herodotus of Halicarnassus tells how Persian king Darius the Geat found a loyal supporter on the Greek island of Samos - although the story is told from another perspective. In 522 or 521 BCE, the leader…Synesius, Letter 051
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…
Syracusan coin, showing a chariot with maritime symbols, commemorating the naval victory |
History of Syracuse (1)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Colonization and Tyranny Head of a deity If we are to believe the Athenian…Syracuse (415-413 BCE)
Siege of Syracuse (414-413): one of the most important campaigns during the Peloponnesian War. A well-equipped Athenian army blundered into disaster, was annihilated. Sicily It is tempting…
Syracuse, Archaic head of a goddess |
Syracuse, Arethusa
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Arethusa's well today, with papyrus A monument that reminds a modern visitor of Syracuse's ancient history is the…