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The Battle of the Sagra in this modern-day country apocryphally inspired Pythagoras to move to its city of Croton. The legend of the sword (10[2]-5[1])of Damocles (10[1])(“DAM-oh-kleez”) is (10[1])set in the (10[2])court of a tyrant (10[1]-5[2])who ruled (10[2]-5[1])in this modern-day country, (10[2])Dionysius (10[2]-5[1])I. (10[3]-5[1])Elea, (10[1]-5[1])Tarentum, and Rhegium (10[5])were (10[1])part of this (10[1])modern-day country’s (10[3])region of (10[1])Magna Graecia (10[12]-5[1])(“GRY-kee-uh”), which (10[1])Pyrrhus (10[7]-5[1])(“PEER-us”) of (10[1])Epirus (-5[1])invaded. (-5[1])Nicias (“nih-KEE-us”) led a disastrous expedition to this modern-day (10[1])country (10[4])alongside Alcibiades (-5[1])in the Peloponnesian (10[1])War. (10[1]-5[2])In this modern-day country, a soldier (-5[1])was legendarily told “do not disturb my circles” before killing (-5[1])Archimedes. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this modern-day country (10[1])where Greek (10[1])colonists (-5[1])founded (10[2])Syracuse (10[4]-5[1])and (10[4])Naples. (10[2])■END■ (10[30]0[4])

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