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		Damocles was an attendent in the royal court of the Greek tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse.
		Dionysius held a grand banquet, and invited Damocles to sit at the place of honor.
		Dionysius was then ready to lead his vast army against Carthage, which had occupied western and southern Sicily.
	www.damoclestrio.com /News/originaldamocles.html (598 words)

	Definition of Ear from dictionary.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus, incus, and stapes, which connect this membrane with the internal ear.
		The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the periotic bone.
		By the ears, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to fall together by the ears; to be by the ears.
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	Ear - definition from Biology-Online.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The essential part of the internal ear where the fibres of the auditory nerve terminate, is the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the periotic bone.
		The vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists of two sacs, the utriculus and sac 1000 culus, connected by a narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the organ of corti.
		That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Ear (601 words)

	Ear of Dionysius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ear of Dionysius (Italian: Orecchio di Dionisio) is an artificial limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy.
		According to legend (possibly one created by Caravaggio), Dionysius used the cave as a prison for political dissidents, and by means of the perfect acoustics eavesdropped on the plans and secrets of his captives.
		Because of its reputation for acoustic flawlessness, the Ear of Dionysius has also come to refer to a type of ear trumpet that has a flexible tube.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ear_of_Dionysius (271 words)

	Ear of Dionysus — Vision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ear of Dionysius is the name given to a cave in Syracuse, Sicily by the painter Caravaggio.
		Ear of Dionysius has come to generically refer to any such structure.
		The Ear of Dionysius proposed for the CNSI is inspired by an idea of film-maker Julian Rohrhuber.
	www.mat.ucsb.edu /~g.legrady/academic/courses/02w200a/proposals/eod/vision.html (191 words)

	Dionysius I of Syracuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Like Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, Dionysius was fond of having distinguished literary men about him, such as the historian Philistus, the poet Philoxenus, and the philosopher Plato, but treated them in a most arbitrary manner.
		The Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse is an artificial limestone cave named after Dionysius.
		A fictional version of Dionysius is a character in Mary Renault's historical novel The Mask of Apollo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse (569 words)

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		The 'Ear of Dionysius' was a grotto in the quarries at Syracuse (where Dionysius made his prisoners work), so called both for its shape and because it functioned as a whispering gallery.
		Dionysius was identified with Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant, because he was blind in one eye; Polyphemus also loved the nymph Galatea, and crushed her lover Acis to death with a rock; Dionysius' mistress was named Galateia.
		The 'Ear of Dionysius' is a whispering gallery, where speech from one position is deceptively translocated to another.
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	DAMOCLES: Damocles the Greek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The following is a summary of the life of the "other" Damocles, a story that was originally told by the Roman orator Cicero: Damocles was an attendent in the royal court of the Greek tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse.
		Dionysius held a grand banquet, and invited Damocles to sit at the place of honor.
		As a result of the acoustics of the cave, Dionysius could stand outside the cave and hear prisioners talking within.
	www.research.ibm.com /DAMOCLES/html_files/damocles.html (343 words)

	Ear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear [syn: auricle, pinna] 4.
		or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth.
		fall together by the ears; to be by the ears.
	www.capezone.com /ear.html (937 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Syracuse
		There are still to be seen: the amphitheatre (epoch of Augustus); the Greek theatre, excavated from the rock; sepulchres also excavated in the rock; the colossal altar of Hiero II, seven hundred and sixty feet long, upon which, after the expulstion of Thrasybulus, four hundred and fifty oxen were sacrificed; the "Latomie", i.
		Dionysius perfected the science and technic of war, favoured poets and philosophers, and was a wise ruler, but he was suspicious and cruel.
		He was succeeded in 368 by his son Dionysius II, a vicious young man, upon whom his uncle Dion and Plato in vain attempted to exercise a beneficent influence.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14395b.htm (2119 words)

	Dionysius I of Syracuse
		Dionysius was regarded by the ancients as a type of the worst kind of despot--cruel, suspicious and vindictive.
		The Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse is named after Dionysius.
		The name of his son Dionysius II is most well known for the legends of Damocles
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/DionysiusIOfSyracuse.html (470 words)

	Ear Glossary - Dictionary definition [define: Ear] of Ear
		[1913 Webster] Note: In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts: the external ear, which includes the pinna or auricle and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum, or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth.
		To have the "ear heavy", or to have "uncircumcised ears" (Isa.
		To have the ear "bored" through with an awl was a sign of perpetual servitude (Ex.
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	Chapter E <i>to</i> Earles penny of E by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid and lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the periotic bone.
		That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, — usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish.
		a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; — named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.
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		The 'Ear of Dionysius' was a grotto in the quarries at Syracuse (where Dionysius made his prisoners work), so called both for its shape and because it functioned as a whispering gallery.
		Dionysius was identified with Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant, because he was blind in one eye; Polyphemus also loved the nymph Galatea, and crushed her lover Acis to death with a rock; Dionysius' mistress was named Galateia.
		The 'Ear of Dionysius' is a whispering gallery, where speech from one position is deceptively translocated to another.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/selfheal/turing.htm (4328 words)

	Siracusa, Syracuse - Sicilia - Italy
		The city has numerous attractions for the visitor interested in historical sites (such as the Ear of Dionysius) and is a lively seaside resort as well, world-famous also for being the birth-place of the philosopher, mathematician and scientist Archimedes.
		The Ear of Dionysius (Orecchio di Dionigi) is an artificial limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill, most likely formed out of an old limestone quarry.
		According to legend (possibly created by Caravaggio), tyrant Dionysius used the cave as a prison for political dissidents, and by means of the acoustics eavesdropped on the plans and secrets of his captives.
	www.italyworldclub.com /sicilia/siracusa/siracusa.htm (698 words)

	The Archeological Park
		The large artificial cave known as the Ear of Dionysius is 65 meters long and 5-10 meters wide, narrowing upwards (23 meters) to the top.
		The form of the entry, similar to the auditory tube of the human ear, inspired Caravaggio, who visited Siracusa in the early 17th century to call it the Ear of Dionysius, the tyrant ruler of Siracusa.
		Legend held that Dionysius imprisoned his enemies in the cave, whose whispers he could hear from the small opening at the top.
	www.italianvisits.com /sicily/siracusa/archeologicalpark.htm (435 words)

	Ear - Definition of Ear by Webster's Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, - usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish.
		in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to fall together by the ears; to be by the ears.
		a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; - named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.
	www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/ear (372 words)

	IRA EAKER AND THE EAR OF DIONYSIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Their usefulness to the life of a military service is a basic premise of this article that should not require overmuch support.
		During the halcyon days of Billy Mitchell's fiery ascendancy, Capt Ira Eaker had functioned as an ear for the Chief of the Air Service--Maj Gen Mason Patrick--and for Assistant Chief Mitchell himself while the famous court-martial was in progress.
		Sitting between the offices of the chief, both and the embattled assistant chief, Eaker and Maj Carl "Tooey" Spaatz were fully tuned in to distracting waves of opinion wafting up from the far-flung officers' clubs and thinly manned airfields and warehouses across the continent.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj87/kline.html (1979 words)

	Ear of Dionysius, Syracuse
		Inside the entrance archway of the Archeological Park in Syracuse, along the garden wall, we come to the so-called Ear of Dionysius, an S-shaped cave hewn from the rock, 65m/213ft deep, 23m/76ft in height and 5-11m/5.5-12yd wide, contracting towards the top, in which sound is considerably amplified without any recurring echo.
		It has born its present name since the 16th century, reflecting the belief that the tyrant Dionysius was thus able to overhear even the whispered remarks of state prisoners confined in the quarry.
		Farther to the right, under the west wall of the quarry, is the Grotta del Cordari, named after the ropemakers who carried on their trade there.
	www.planetware.com /syracuse/ear-of-dionysius-i-si-syped.htm (141 words)

	Siti Archeologici Siciliani
		It was destroyed by the Carthaginians in 405 BC and abandoned at request of tyrant Dionysius.
		The walls, 350m in lenght, excavated in the past century, are regarded as one of the finest specimens of the Greek defensive architecture.
		Particularly outstanding is the Eurialo Castle, built by Dionysius the Elder between 402 and 397 BC to defend against Carthage attacks.
	www.sicilyhotels.com /sicilian_archaeological_sites.htm (3867 words)

	Perseus Lookup Tool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Latomia del Paradiso, Orecchio di Dionisio, Syracuse: Entrance to the "Ear of Dionysius" in the stone quarry at Syracuse [Image] (3.16)
		Latomia del Paradiso, Syracuse: View of the stone quarry at Syracuse near the "Ear of Dionysius" [Image] (2.33)
		THE SUPPLEMENT of DIONYSIUS VOSSIUS TO CAESAR'S FIRST BOOK of THE CIVIL WAR.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vor?type=phrase&alts=0&group=typecat&lookup=Dionysius&collection=Perseus:collection:Greco-Roman (104 words)

	3 : CHAPTER III. THE COMING LIFE
		Gerald Balfour in The Ear of Dionysius, with the result that that excellent authority testified that the effect COULD have been attained by no other entities, save only Verrall and Butcher.
		It may be remarked in passing that these and other examples show clearly either that the spirits have the use of an excellent reference library or else that they have memories which produce something like omniscience.
		These, roughly speaking, are the lines of the life beyond in its simplest expression, for it is not all simple, and we catch dim glimpses of endless circles below descending into gloom and endless circles above, ascending into glory, all improving, all purposeful, all intensely alive.
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		For various political reasons, this seven-year-old outrage sparked the British-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear, a conflict which then went on to merge into the War of the Austrian Succession.
		Folks with their ear to the ground may be familiar with the term uniting wars, ears, and language: Dionysius' ear.
		Dionysius was the warmongering ruler of Syracuse notorious for his brutal military acts.
	www.merriam-webster.com /wftw/040903.htm (225 words)

	Jaroslav Hasek - the author of the Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the beginning was an Ear for which That Word was uttered,
		or, on the contrary, an altogether different Ear for which that Word was not intended.
		The Ear of Dionysius at The Castle pricked up.
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	Sicily : Introduction : The Best Ruins \| Frommers.com
		Tyndaris (Capo Tindari): Tyndaris was a bustling place at its founding by Dionysius the Elder in 396 B.C. Later destroyed by pillaging conquerors, Tyndaris has now been unearthed, and the ruins of everything from a basilica to a Roman theater can be seen.
		The other attraction is the Latomia del Paradiso, or the "Ear of Dionysius," the most famous of the ancient quarries of Syracuse.
		Villa Romana del Casale (Piazza Armerina): This is one of the grandest of all Roman villas to have survived from the classical era.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/sicily/0771020811.html (529 words)

	Parco Archeologico della Neapolis \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Syracuse and Ortygia Island \| Frommers.com
		Outside the entrance to the Greek Theater is the most famous of the ancient quarries, Latomia del Paradiso (Paradise Quarry), one of four or five from which stones were hauled to erect the great monuments of Syracuse in its glory days.
		Upon seeing the cave in the wall, Caravaggio is reputed to have dubbed it the "Ear of Dionysius" because of its unusual shape.
		Although it's dismissed by some scholars as fanciful, the story goes that the despot Dionysius used to force prisoners into the "ear" at night, where he was able to hear every word they said.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/syracuseandortygiaisland/A26188.html (593 words)

	Siracusa and Mt. Etna, Sicily
		The Ear of Dionysius is a spectacular manmade cave 30 metres high by 65 metres deep, in a quarry initially dug by 7000 prisoners after the defeat of Athens at the Port of Siracusa in 413 B.C. Remember that Siracusa was settled by the Corinthians, and apparently Athens wanted to conquer their colony in Sicily.
		While we were there a tour group started singing some Italian arias, and the haunting echoing sound of their voices was moving.
		The last structure we visited in this archeological park was the Roman Amphitheatre dating back to the 3rd century A.D. It was not in as good a condition as other amphitheatres we have seen, as much of it was dismantled by the Spanish in fortifying Ortigia in the early 16th century.
	www.searoom.com /veleda/logsec02/veleda4-log21E.htm (1587 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Walls have Ears.
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Walls have Ears.
		The Louvre was so constructed in the time of Catherine de Medicis, that what was said in one room could be distinctly heard in another.
		The “Ear of Dionysius” communicated to him every word uttered in the state prison.
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