** Syracuse: There was a harvest festival of Demeter and Persephone at Syracuse when the grain was ripe ( about May ).

** Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general who has captured Syracuse during the Second Punic War and has become known as " the sword of Rome " ( b. 268 BC )

** Hiero II, tyrant of Syracuse from 270 BC ( b. c. 308 BC )

** Hieronymus, grandson of Hiero II of Syracuse and tyrant ( assassinated ) ( b. c. 231 BC )

** Archimedes of Syracuse, Greek mathematician and scientist, who has calculated formulae for the areas and volumes of spheres, cylinders, parabolas and other plane and solid figures.

** Arete, daughter of Dionysius the Elder and wife of Dion of Syracuse.

** Tancred, Count of Syracuse ( f. 1104 )

** Today in or Today — used by NBC affiliates to complement Today ( e. g., Today in Central New York on WSTM in Syracuse, New York )

** Kentucky wins 76-67 over Syracuse

** Indiana won 74-73 over Syracuse

** Minneapolis Lakers win 4-3 over the Syracuse Nationals

** Minneapolis Lakers won 4 games to 3 over the Syracuse Nationals

** Add: Buffalo, Cleveland, Syracuse and Troy

** Drop: Syracuse

** Syracuse Orange win 81-78 over the Kansas Jayhawks

** Syracuse ( Syracuse Hancock International Airport )

** Onondaga Creek, runs through Syracuse to Onondaga Lake, in Onondaga County

** Onondaga Lake, adjacent to Syracuse, in Onondaga County

** Syracuse University

** Siege of Syracuse

** Eastwood, Syracuse, New York

** Parties at Syracuse