Altar of Hieron II, 269-215. Located South of the theater. "The altar of Zeus Eleutherios (the Liberator) was constructed by Hieron II, tyrant of Syracuse , as part of his building program in this area; it is approximately contemporaneous with the nearby theater and nymphaeum . Diodorus states that 450 oxen were able to be sacrificed simultaneously atop the altar during the annual feast of Zeus Eleutherios. Despite its enormous length (600 Doric feet; ca. 196 m), the altar was quite narrow and it stood ca. 11 m high. Narrow stairways were located at each end of the front, flanked by telamones ." (Perseus)
