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      The speech in quatrain 8-16 is about Hieron II – a military leader, tyrant, king of Syracuse (306 – 215 BC), who, in addition to success in politics, distinguished himself, was remembered and went down in history due to the fact that created the largest ship at that time. He named it "Syracusia" because it was built there.

      This project brought to life and the ship's masterpiece was a success – thanks to the now much more famous personality – Archimedes. Yes, Hieron II was his patron.

      Of course, the history of the relationship between the king and the scientist is in the nature of legends, and it is not possible to verify its authenticity now. Plutarch called Archimedes a relative of Hieron, and pointed out that thanks to the perseverance of the king, worldwide fame came to Archimedes.

      Another author – Vitruvius – narrated a story with an idea that marked the beginning of hydrostatics.

      Having received some information that the royal crown, fraudulently, was partially smelted with the replacement of gold with silver, Hieron ordered Archimedes to determine the truth.

      According to the legend, Archimedes, having once plunged into a bathtub filled to the brim, drew attention to what earlier, before him, representatives of cleaning of those times must have paid attention to … The water from the bath poured out as he sank. With a cry: – "Eureka!", Archimedes jumped out of the bath, and, apparently naked, ran to the king, preparing on the way a project for the development of funds in connection with such a global discovery.

      Having received the approval of the king of Syracuse, he set to work. At his request, two ingots were made and provided. One of silver, the other of gold, which were strictly equal to the weight of the crown under study. Crown, for a while, he also withdrew – for examination. For some time, the king of Syracuse did not go out to the people with her on his head))).

      Archimedes placed all three objects of scientific research not as himself – in a bath, but in a smaller container with water, the then cleaning company, probably, breathed a sigh of relief.

      The deception has been proven. It turned out that the crown displaced a larger volume of water than an ingot of solid gold equal in weight to it.

      According to another legend by the author Athenaeus, Archimedes participated in the launching of the largest ship built by Hieron, solving a difficult task with the help of a system of complex blocks with winches. After that, the catchphrase appeared: "Give me a fulcrum, and I will turn the Earth."

      The excursion into history is over, now about the quatrain. The place where Hiero built his ship is the city of Syracuse. There is one in the Centuries, in the only quatrain 2-16. All that remains is to capture a sudden flood in that place – DELVGE .