Editing Sybaris (section)

=== Foundation ===

Sybaris was founded in 720&nbsp;BC<ref name=pssc1 /> by ''Is'' {{sic}} of [[Helike|Helice]],{{sfn|Strabo|1924|loc=[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+6.1.13 6.1.13]}} a city in [[Achaea (ancient region)|Achaea]] in the northern [[Peloponnese]]. The Achaeans were accompanied by a number of [[Troezen]]ians who were eventually expelled by the more numerous Achaeans.{{sfn|Aristotle|1932|loc=[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Aristot.+Pol.+5.1303a 5.1303a]}} The Achaean colonisation was the second great migratory wave from Greece  towards the West after that of the [[Euboea]]ns, concentrating instead on the Ionian coast (Metapontum, Poseidonia, Sibaris, Kroton).<ref>Giuseppe Celsi: Ercole, Miscello, Apollo Pizio e la fondazione di Crotone, 2020 https://www.gruppoarcheologicokr.it/ercole-miscello-apollo-pizio-e-la-fondazione-di-crotone/#footnote_10_6157</ref> The Achaeans were motivated, like others of the [[Greek colonisation]], by the lack of cultivatable land in their mountainous region and by population pressure.

The authenticity of the name of the founder ([[Oikistes|oekist]]) is uncertain as Strabo is the only source and it might be a corruption of [Sagar]is or [Sybar]is. Further complicating the issue is the appearance of the letters ''Wiis'' on coins of [[Paestum|Poseidonia]].{{sfn|Hall|2008|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=z3C9b4FvpEwC&pg=PA411 411]}}{{cref2|B}} This has been interpreted as a confirmation of Strabo's account because Poseidonia is thought to be a colony of Sybaris.{{sfn|Greco|2011|p=238–239}}