ritory drink too of the fountains of Temenitis[1], Archidemia, Magæa, Cyane, and Milichie,) the port of Naustathmus[2], the river Elorus, and the promontory of Pachynum. This side[3] of Sicily begins with the river Hirminius[4], then follow the town of Camarina[5], the river Gelas[6], and the town of Agragas[7], which our people have named Agrigentum. We next come to the colony of Thermæ[8], the rivers Achates[9], Mazara, and Hypsa; the town of Selinus[10], and then the Promontory of Lilybæum, which is succeeded by Drepana[11], Mount Eryx[12], the towns of Panhormus[13], Solus[14] and Himera[8], with a river of the same name, Cephalœdis[15], Aluntium[16],
10 So called by the Greeks from its abundant growth of parsley, called by them σέλινον. Its remains are still to be seen at the spot called Selenti.
- ↑ According to Mirabella, these springs are in modern times called Fonte di Canali, Cefalino, Fontana della Maddalena, Fonte Ciane, and Lampismotta.
- ↑ The modern Fonte Bianche. The Elorus, according to Hardouin, is the modern Acellaro, according to Mannert, the Abisso.
- ↑ The southern side.
- ↑ Now the Maulo, or Fiume di Ragusa.
- ↑ Still called Camarina. Scarcely any vestiges of the ancient city now remain.
- ↑ According to Hardouin the Fiume Salso; but according to D'Anville and Mannert, the Fiume Ghiozzo.
- ↑ Now Girgenti. Gigantic remains of the ancient city are still to be seen.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Himera was destroyed by the Carthaginians, B.C. 408, upon which its inhabitants founded Thermæ, so called from its hot springs. This was probably the colony of Thermæ mentioned above by Pliny, though wrongly placed by him on the southern coast between Selinus and Agrigentum. The modern town of Termini stands on the site of Thermæ; remains of its baths and aqueduct are still to be seen. Himera stood on a river of the same name, most probably the present Fiume Grande, and Fazello is of opinion that the town was situate on the site now occupied by the Torre di Bonfornello. Himera was the birthplace of the poet Stesichorus.
- ↑ The Achates is the modern Belice, the Mazara retains its name, and the Hypsa is now the Marsala.
- ↑ 10
- ↑ Now Trapani. Some vestiges of its ancient mole are to be seen.
- ↑ The present Monte San Juliano.
- ↑ The great city of Palermo stands on its site. It was founded by the Phœnicians.
- ↑ The modern Solunto.
- ↑ Or Cæphalœdium. Some remains of it are to be seen at the spot called Cefalu.
- ↑ Probably on the site now occupied by the town of San Marco. Fazello and Cluver however place Aluntium near San Filadelfo, where some ruins were formerly visible, and regard San Marco as the site of Agathyrna or Agathyrnum.
