Lentini (Sicilian: Lintini, historically: Leontinoi, Leontini and Leontium) is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, southeast Sicily (southern Italy). History The ancient city was founded as Leontini (Greek: ) by colonists from Naxos in 729 BC, itself a Chalcidian colony established five years earlier. It is virtually the only Greek settlement in Sicily not located on the coast, being some 6 miles inland. The site, originally held by the Sicels, was seized by the Greeks owing to its c… (More on Lentini)