Photos of the Remains From Ancient Syracuse, Sicily

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

Th Altar of Hieron II (Hiero II) was built between 241 and 215 B.C. "for mass sacrifices of victims when the festival of Zeus Eleutherios was held," according to The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece.

Picturesque Sicily, by William Agnew Paton, says 450 oxen were sacrificed here to commemorate the expulsion of the tyrant Thrasybulus who ruled Syracuse ,after the first Hiero, from 466 - 465. This altar to Hieron II was located about 100 yards from the Roman amphitheater.

_{Picture: CC Flickr User Allie_Caulfield}

1. Syracuse Map
2. Theater
3. Quarries
4. Ear of Dionysius
5. Altar of Hieron
6. Amphitheater

Previous

• Map of Syracuse, Sicily
• Theatre of Syracuse
• Quarries of Syracuse
• The Ear of Dionysius
• Altar of Hieron
• Roman Amphitheater of Syracuse

Next