2) Syracuse, city, Italy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Syracuse, city, Italy, (sirŽkyoos, -kyooz) (KEY) , Ital. Siracusa, city (1991 pop. 125,941), capital of Syracuse prov., SE Sicily, Italy, on the Ionian Sea. It has...

3) Dion of Syracuse. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dion of Syracuse, (diŽn) (KEY) , 409?-354? B.C., Sicilian Greek political leader, brother-in-law of Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse. He became interested...

4) Ortygia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ortygia, see Syracuse, Italy....

5) Syracuse, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Syracuse, city, United States, (sirŽkyoos, serŽ-) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 163,860), seat of Onondaga co., central N.Y., on Onondaga Lake and the Barge Canal; settled...

6) Hieron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hieron, For Greek rulers of Syracuse named thus, use Hiero....

7) Hiero II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hiero II, d. c.215 B.C., Greek Sicilian ruler, tyrant of Syracuse (c.270-c.215 B.C.). He showed such ability and distinction after Pyrrhus left Sicily (275 B.C.)...

8) Tomlin, Bradley Walker. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tomlin, Bradley Walker, 1899-1953, American painter, b. Syracuse, N.Y., grad. Syracuse Univ. (1921). He also studied painting in London and Paris. His early work...

9) Dionysius the Younger. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dionysius the Younger, fl. 368-344 B.C., tyrant of Syracuse, son of Dionysius the Elder. He ended the war with Carthage and enlisted the support of the professional...

10) Theocritus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Theocritus, (theokŽrits) (KEY) , fl. c.270 B.C., Hellenistic Greek poet, b. Syracuse. The history of the pastoral begins with him, and in him the form seems to have...