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Archias of Corinth was the founder of Syracuse when in 734 or 733 BC Greek settlers from Corinth, led by the oecist Archias, who called it Sirako, refering to a nearby swamp.
... For when he despatched Archias the Corinthian to found Syracuse he uttered this oracle:
An isle, Ortygia, lies on the misty ocean
Over against Trinacria, where the mouth of Alpheius bubbles
Mingling with the springs of broad Arethusa.
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