(Plutarch, Cicero, Livy): one of the four cities or divisions of Syracuse, and the strongest, largest, and most beautiful part of it; separated by a very strong wall from the outer town, Tychea and Neapolis. It was adorned with a very large forum, with beautiful porticos, a most elegant prytaneum, a spacious senate-house, and a superb temple of Jupiter Olympus. (Plutarch.)