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According to legend, a lawgiver in this region named Charondas accidentally violated his own law by entering an assembly while armed, so he stabbed himself with his sword. A ruler in this region commissioned a bronze statue of a charioteer to celebrate a victory in games at Delphi; that ruler in this region was Polyzalus. In a city in this region, enslaved natives called killyrioi (“kill-LURE-ee-oy”) tilled the soil for the foreign gamoroi (“guh-MORE-oy”) elite. (10[2])A ruler in this region was supposedly burnt alive in the brazen bull (10[2])that an Athenian (10[1])had made for him. (10[2]-5[1])It’s not Cilicia (“sih-LICK-ee-uh”), but early Greek colonists founded this region’s cities of Selinus (“seh-LEE-nus”), Leontini (10[1])(“lee-on-TEE-nee”), and Gela (-5[2])(“GEH-luh”). The tyrant Theron of Acragas (10[1])(“a-KRUH-gas”) allied with Gelon to defeat an attack on this region at Himera. (10[2])Trade prospered between this region (10[1])and the neighboring mainland cities of Magna (10[1])Graecia (10[6])(“MAGH-nuh GRY-kee-uh”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this island (10[1])controlled in the archaic period by tyrants, including one at Syracuse. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Sicily [or Sicilia; accept Greek Sicily; accept Catania until “commissioned” is read; prompt on Magna Graecia until read; prompt on Gela until read; prompt on Acragas until read; prompt on Syracuse until read] (The enslaved killyrioi were found in Syracuse. Phalaris, tyrant of Acragas, was burned in the bull. Acragas was a forerunner of modern Agrigento.)
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