The Story of the Ancient Greek Metropolis of Syracuse

The Story of the Ancient Greek Metropolis of Syracuse

Ortigia and Syracuse, Ortigia Dall’alto, Mαρκος, CC BY-SA 2.0/Wikimedia Commons The ancient city-state of Syracuse (Συράκουσαι) was a Greek colony established on the eastern coast of Sicily. The city rose to prominence as a metropolis, a powerful center of trade and Greek culture. Syracuse was declared by the Roman philosopher Cicero as his favorite and most beautiful Greek City. The birth of the ancient Greek city of Syracuse One of the legends…