Ear of Dionysius - Neapolis Archaeological Park - Syracuse, Sicily, Italy This name was given to it by Caravaggio, because when he saw it and knew the story that linked it to the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse, who secretly heard what his prisoners were saying from inside the latomia, he thought that the name of "Ear ", given its history and shape similar to an immense auricle, was really appropriate

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Ear of Dionysius - Neapolis Archaeological Park - Syracuse, Sicily, Italy This name was given to it by Caravaggio, because when he saw it and knew the story that linked it to the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse, who secretly heard what his prisoners were saying from inside the latomia, he thought that the name of "Ear ", given its history and shape similar to an immense auricle, was really appropriate

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