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    The Ear of Dionysius (Italian: Orecchio di Dionisio) is a limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily...
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    Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder (c. 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy,...
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    the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome. The Salle des Caryatides in the Louvre, Paris, France. Ear of Dionysius cave in Syracuse...
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  • Jones' group escapes and heads to Sicily, pursued by Voller. Inside the Ear of Dionysius cavern, Jones and Helena find Archimedes' tomb, the Dial's second half...
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    Syracuse, Sicily (category Municipalities of the Province of Syracuse)
    Antiochus of Syracuse, a Siceliot historian Achaeus of Syracuse, a Siceliot tragedian Dion, Siceliot tyrant Dionysius I, Siceliot tyrant Dionysius II, Siceliot...
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    by Lord Rauyleigh or the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, but also in caves like the Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse, Sicily, which has been treated...
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    and Toirano Caves. Other notable Italian caves are Grotto Calgeron, Ear of Dionysius, Grotta del Gelo, Paglicci Cave, Grotta dell'Addaura, Arene Candide...
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    Vilmorin". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Session 130: 44–46. Bateson, W. (3 May 1917). "The ear of Dionysius". Times Literary Supplement...
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    di Dionisio ("Ear of Dionysius"). The Tomb of Archimede, in the Grotticelli Necropolis. Decorated with two Doric columns. The Temple of Olympian Zeus...
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    Georg Heinrich Busse (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1)
    plates of etchings, the following views are by him: Ruins of the Imperial Palace. 1850. Monte Aventino. 1852. Lago d'Agnano. 1857. The Ear of Dionysius. 1862...
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  • Caves Castelcivita Caves Castellana Caves Cave of Dogs Coreca Caves Deer Cave Duino Mithraeum Ear of Dionysius Frasassi Caves Grotta Bianca Grotta del Castiglione...
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    Caves, Borgio Verezzi Caves, Grotto Calgeron, Grotta del Cavallone, Ear of Dionysius, Grotta del Gelo, Grotta di Ispinigoli, Paglicci Cave, Grotta dell'Addaura...
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    noteworthy site for the production of ropes in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was located near the Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse, Sicily, where the wide...
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    Vincenzo Mirabella (category Members of the Lincean Academy)
    the archaeological remains of Syracuse. On a trip with him to a disused quarry, Caravaggio coined the name 'Ear of Dionysius' for it and later used it...
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    by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus in Rome in AD 525 (AUC 1278), as a result of his work on calculating the date of Easter. Dionysius did not use the AUC...
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  • Tom Springfield (born Dionysius Patrick O'Brien, 2 July 1934 – 27 July 2022) was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who was prominent...
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  • "Athenian" or "of Attica" Dionysius Atticus, rhetorician of the 1st century BC from Pergamon Vipsanius Atticus, also a rhetorician of the 1st century...
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  • Tros (mythology) (category Mythological kings of Troy)
    named Dionysius of Halicarnassus, wrote a passage about Tros' ancestry that gives us back to Dardanus proving that the Trojan race was indeed of Greek...
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    and as a result of Paul's speech Dionysius the Areopagite converts to Christianity. Yet, according to Stang, for Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Athens...
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    Malchus (category Miracles of Jesus)
    sword, cut off the servant's ear in an attempt to prevent the arrest of Jesus. That a disciple cut off the ear of a servant of the high priest is related...
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    autochthonous development in situ out of the Villanovan culture, as claimed by the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus who described the Etruscans...
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    According to Dionysius the Etruscans called themselves Rasenna (Greek Ῥασέννα), a stem from the Etruscan Rasna (𐌛𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀), the people. Evidence of inscriptions...
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  • years and was succeeded by his son Tros. Dictys Cretensis, 3.5 & 4.22 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.50.3 Beekes, s.v. Ἐριχθόνιος, has...
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    the Great (disputed), "Dionysius" (either Dionysius I or Dionysius II, or both; they were bloodthirsty, unpopular tyrants of Sicily), Ezzelino III da...
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    Aeaea (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    peninsula. Dionysius of Halicarnassus wrote that it was already a peninsula in his time. However, it may have been still an island in the days of Homer, with...
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    to besiege Dionysius in Syracuse. Dionysius thought about fleeing the beleaguered city, and only the bungling of the rebels and the help of some Italian...
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  • "Edward IV, king of England". The Penny Cyclopedia. Vol. IX: Dionysius–Erne. 1837. p. 294. Willis, Browne (1755). The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred...
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    Carthaginian sphere of influence by 348 BC. The death of Dionysius ultimately led to a power struggle between Dion, Dionysius II of Syracuse and other...
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    Dictionary. Funk & Wagnalls. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia (Roman Antiquities). Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome. Gaius Plinius Secundus...
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  • Dionysius Exiguus in 525, and the date of Easter; the forthcoming rapture; Father Michael Evans of Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire; Gwynneth Flower of Action...
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