The Greek polis of Catania appears to have been a local center of learning. The philosopher and legislator Charondas (late 6th c. BC), born in Catania, putatively wrote program of laws used here and in other Chalcidic cities, both in Sicily and through Magna Graecia.Aristotle, Pol. ii. 9. suggesting a link between Catania and other cities during this time. The poets Ibycus and Stesichorus (–555 BC) lived in Catania. The latter putatively was buried in a magnificent sepulchre outside one of the gates, therefore named Porta Stesichoreia. Xenophanes (-475 BC), one of the founders of the Eleatic school of philosophy, also spent the latter years of his life in the city.Diog. Laert. ix. 2. § 1. The first introduction of dancing to accompany the flute was also ascribed to Andron, a citizen of Catania.Athen. i. p. 22, c.
T?he Greek polis of Catania appears to have been a local center of learning. The philosopher and legislator Charondas (late 6th c. BC), born in Catania, putatively wrote program of laws used here and in other Chalcidic cities, both in Sicily and through Magna Graecia.Aristotle, Pol. ii. 9. suggesting a link between Catania and other cities during this time. The poets Ibycus and Stesichorus (–555 BC) lived in Catania. The latter putatively was buried in a magnificent sepulchre outside one of the gates, therefore named Porta Stesichoreia. Xenophanes (-475 BC), one of the founders of the Eleatic school of philosophy, also spent the latter years of his life in the city.Diog. Laert. ix. 2. § 1. The first introduction of dancing to accompany the flute was also ascribed to Andron, a citizen of Catania.Athen. i. p. 22, c.