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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Whispering gallery (section Other parts of the world)
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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William Bateson (redirect from Materials for the Study of Variation)
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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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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Magna Graecia (redirect from Greek colonization of Italy)
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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Tourism in Italy (redirect from History of tourism in Italy)
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 (redirect from Dionysius Patrick O'Brien)
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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Apophatic theology (redirect from Way of Negation)
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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Etruscan origins (redirect from Armenian Origin of the Etruscans)
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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Etruscan civilization (redirect from History of the Etruscans)
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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Inferno (Dante) (redirect from Ninth circle of Hell)
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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Alternative successions to the English and British Crown (redirect from Alternate Successions of the English Crown)
"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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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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Jupiter (god) (category Kings of the gods)
Dumézil (1977), p. 413. Livy XXVII 2, 10–12. Dionysius of Halicarnassus Rom. Antiquities III 69, 5–6. Dionysius of Halicarnassus above III 69; Florus I 7,...
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