Sybaris was one of the most important towns of Magna Græcia

According to Strabo, it was founded by the Achæans (vi. p. 378), probably about B. C. 720. (Clinton's F. H., vol. i., pp. 168, 174.) The colonisation was most likely connected with the gradual conquest of the Peloponnese by the Dorian invaders. Its site is marked by the junction of the Crathis ( Crati ) with the Sybaris ( Co ile ). Sybaris flourished 210 years (Scym. Ch. 1. 360). Its walls were 50 stadia in circumference; it had twenty-five subject cities, and ruled over four neighbouring tribes. In the great war with Croton a, it is said to have brought into the field 300,000 men (Strab. 1. s. c.). Its exce ive luxury is proverbial. It was taken (B. C. 510) after a siege of 70 days by the Croton i ats, who turned the river upon the town, and in this way destroyed it. A second Sybaris arose upon the ruins of the first, but it never flourished, and was finally merged in the A then i an colony of Thurii (B. C. 443), which was built on a spot in the neighbourhood. Hero dot us was one of the colonists (Suidas). Rawlinson, Herod., III. 242, note. Sybel (zē'bel), He in rich von. Born at Dü eldorf, Pru ia, Dec. 2, 1817: died at Marburg, Pru ia, Aug. 1, 1895. A noted German his tori an. He has been a member of the He ian and Pru ian chambers, of the Erfurt Parliament of 1850, and later of the Reichstag, and profe or at Marburg, Munich (where he founded the first historical seminary in Germany), and (1861) Bonn. His chief work is "Geschichte der Revolutionszeit 1789-1800" ("History of the Revolutionary Period of 1789-1800," 1853–). His other works include "Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzugs" ("History of the first Crusade," 1841), "Die Entstehung des deutschen Königtums" (1844), and "Die Begründung des deutschen Reiches durch Wilhelm I." ("The Foundation of the Ger. man Empire by William I.," 1889-90). Sybil (sib'il). A political novel by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1845. Sybota (sibʻō-tä). In ancient geography, a small island and town on the coast of Epirus, opposite the southern end of Corcyra. Near it, in 432 B. C., was fought a naval battle between Corcyra (aided by Athens) Corinth. Sycorax (sik'ō-raks). A witch, the mother of Caliban, referred to in Shakspere's "Tempest." In Dryden and Davenant's version she is his sister, and a monster like him. Sydenham (sid'n-am). A suburb of London, in Kent, 7 miles south of London. Near it is the Crystal Palace. Population (1891), 34,162. Sydenham, Thomas. Born at Winford Eagle, Dor sets hire, England, 1624: died at London, Dec., 1689. A noted English physician, surnamed "the English Hippo crates." In 1642 he entered Magdalen College, Oxford. His course there was interrupted by service in the Parliamentary army; but he graduated (bachelor of medicine) in 1648, and became a fellow of All Souls. In 1663 he was licensed by the College of Physicians to practise in Westminster. He was a warm friend of John Locke and Robert Boyle. His works include "Method us Curandi Febres" (1666), "Epistolæ Re sponsor iæ" (1680), "Tract at us de Podagra et Hydrope" (1683), etc. Sydenham anticipated modern practice in many ways, especially in a minute study of predisposing causes external and internal, and in a isting natural crises, as well as by the general liberality of his practice. Sydney (sid'ni). A seaport, capital of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the harbor of Port Jackson, in lat. 33° 52′ S., long. 151° 13′ E.: one of the two chief cities of Australia.