There have been several sieges of the city of Syracuse in Sicily:
- Siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC) by the Athenians during the Sicilian Expedition
- Siege of Syracuse (397 BC) by the Carthaginians.
- Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC) by the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War
- Siege of Syracuse (827–828) by the Aghlabids
- Siege of Syracuse (868) by the Aghlabids
- Siege of Syracuse (877–878) by the Aghlabids
Famous quotes containing the words siege of, siege and/or syracuse:
“One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“The Dada object reflected an ironic posture before the consecrated forms of art. The surrealist object differs significantly in this respect. It stands for a mysterious relationship with the outer world established by man’s sensibility in a way that involves concrete forms in projecting the artist’s inner model.”
—J.H. Matthews. “Object Lessons,” The Imagery of Surrealism, Syracuse University Press (1977)