Syracuse was founded the year afterwards by Archias, one of the Heraclids from Corinth, who began by driving out the Sicels from the island upon which the inner city now stands, though it is no longer surrounded by water:
Hurrengo urtean, berriz, Korintoko Herakliden oinordeko Arkiasek Sirakusa fundatu zuen, hango uhartetik sikuloak egotzi ondoren. Uharte hori gaur egun ez dago itsasoak zeharo inguratuta eta hantxe kokaturik dago barne hiria;