Ancient Syracuse

Plato ( ; Greek: , ; born  BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the collection of philosophical theories that would later become known as Platonism.

right|thumb|A Musician by Albert Joseph Moore Bacchylides (; Bakkhulides; – ) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets, which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been noted in Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus. Some scholars have characterized these qualities as superficial charm. He has often been compared unfavourably with his contemporary, Pindar, as "a kind of Boccherini to Pindar's Haydn". However, the differences in their styles do not allow for easy comparison, and translator R

Ortygia ( ; ; ) is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily. The island, also known as the (Old City), contains many historical landmarks.

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thumb|upright=1.4|Syracusia as imagined in 1671. Syracusia (, syrakousía, literally "of Syracuse") was an ancient Greek ship sometimes claimed to be the largest transport ship of antiquity. She was reportedly too big for any port in Sicily, and thus only sailed once from Syracuse in Sicily to Alexandria in the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, whereupon she was given as a present to Ptolemy III Euergetes. The exact dimension of Syracusia is unknown; Historian Michael Lahanas put it at long, 14 m wide, and 13 m high.

limestone cave and former quarry in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

ancient Greek theatre in Siracusa, Italy

source and spring of Syracuse

literary work by Xenophon

ancient Greek temple in Syracuse dated ca. 565 BC

Mythological founder of Syracuse, Sicily

Roman amphitheatre in Syracuse, Italy

Sositheus (Ancient Greek: Σωσίθεος, c. 280 BC), a Greek tragic poet from Alexandria Troas, was a member of the Alexandrian "pleiad".

ancient Greek temple in Syracuse

Cynaethus or Cinaethus ( or Κίναιθος) of Chios was a rhapsode, a member of the Homeridae, sometimes said to have composed the Homeric Hymn to Apollo.

castle in Syracuse, Italy

Timycha of Sparta (; early 4th century BC), was a Pythagorean philosopher mentioned by Iamblichus in his Life of Pythagoras:

Petalism (, ), was an ancient Syracusan variant of ancient Athens's ostracism, wherein a citizen was temporarily removed from the city and public life. It was first and exclusively recorded in Diodorus Siculus's .

ancient Greek aqueduct in Sicily, Italy

Acestorides () is the name of several people from Classical history: