Syphax
A king of the Masaesyllii in Numidia, who married Sophonisba, the daughter of Hasdrubal. He joined the Carthaginians against the Romans, and was taken by Scipio as a prisoner to Rome, where he died in prison.
Syracusae (Siracusa in Italian, Syracuse in English). The wealthiest and most populous town in Sicily, situated on the southern part of the eastern coast, four hundred stadia north of the promontory Plemmyrium, and ten stadia northeast of the mouth of the river Anapus, near the lake or marsh called Syraco, from which it derived its name.
There were several stone quarries (lautumiae) in Syracuse, which are frequently mentioned by ancient writers, and in which the unfortunate Athenian prisoners were confined. On one side of these quarries is the remarkable excavation called the Ear of Dionysius, in which it is said that this tyrant confined the persons whom he suspected, and that he was able, from a little apartment above, to overhear the conversation of his captives.
Syria (in Aramaean Surja: Soristan, Arab.
Esh-Sham, i. e., the land on the left, Syria).
A country of western Asia, lying along the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, between Asia Minor and Egypt.