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[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Sicily (Ἕρβιτα; Hérbita, Ἑρβίτα; Herbíta). Landlocked Siculian town. Archonides I of H. was a co-founder of Cale Acte (Diod. Sic. 12,8,2; 447/6 BC); Archonides II founded Halaesa after a fight and reconciliation with Dionysius I in 403 BC (Diod. Sic. 14,15,1; 14,16,1-4; 14,78,7). Other records: Cic. Verr. passim; decree of Entella (SEG 30, 1117); coins from M. Alburchia near Gangi [1]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 L. Dubois, Inscriptions grecques dialectales de Sicile, 1989, 25…

[German version] (Ἁλικύαι; Halikýai). Town of the  Elymi between Lilybaeum and  Entella [1. 168-171] in the Carthaginian sphere of influence. Allied with Athens during the Peloponnesian War (Thuc. 7,32,1; IG I2, 20), in 278/7 conquered by Pyrrhus, in 263 by the Romans (Diod. Sic. 22,10,2; 23,5). Cicero counted the Halicyenses among the civitates immunes ac liberae (Cic. Verr. 3,13; 91; 5,15), Pliny among the stipendiarii (Plin. HN 91). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 BTCGI 3. G. Bejor, Città di Sicilia, in: ASNP 12/3, 1982, 838f. G. Manganaro, La Sici…

[German version] (Ἵπανα; Hípana). Small Siculan town (Pol. 1,24,8-13; Diod. Sic.23,9, manuscript Sittanan), mentioned in connection with the battles of the first Punic war in 261-258 BC. Steph. Byz. (s.v. Ἵ.) describes H. as a ‘town in the entourage of Carthage’ (πόλις περὶ Καρχηδόνα; pólis perì Karchēdóna). It was conquered with difficulty by the Romans in 258 BC. Its location on the Monte dei Cavalli near modern Prizzi is ensured by bronze coins with a bull (reverse) and legend ΙΠΑ (truncated), which were reminted using Punic models. Further finds: silver lítrai after an Agrigentin…

[German version] Settlement in the Monti Nebrodi on Sicily, 1139 m above sea level, modern Capizzi (Cic. Verr. 3,4,103; Ptol. 3,4,7: Capitina civitas). Possibly to be added to the list of theorodokoi from Delphi (4,112); CIL X 2, 7462. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography R. C. Wilson, Sicily under the Roman Empire, 1990, 149 s.v. Capizzi, BTCGI 4, 1985, 400-402 G. Manganaro, Alla ricerca di poleis mikrai della Sicilia centro-orientale, in: Orbis Terrarum 2, 1996, 136 n. 47.

[German version] Town in Sicily (ILS 1188; 2nd cent. AD); identified either with Chalae/Chalis (in Gela, It. Ant. 95,6) [1] or with a vicus near Halicyae[2]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 G. Alföldy, Die Legionslegaten röm. Rheinarmeen, 1967, 61f. 2 G. Manganaro, La Sicilia da Sesto Pompeo a Diocleziano, ANRW II 1.1, 78 n. 429  R. J. A. Wilson, Sicily under the Roman Empire, 1990, 385 no. 141.

[German version] (Ἀναπος; Ánapos) River in  Sicily, rising from Monte Lauro near  Acrae and flows into the harbour of  Syracusae. Its delta is swampy and caused disease amongst besieging armies. According to myth, the river god was the lover of the nymph of the stream Cyane, which flows into the A. (Ov. Met. 5,409 ff.). He was venerated in the form of an ephebic statue ( Ephebia) (Ael. VH 2,33).  Dionysius I built gymnasia along the river (Diod. Sic. 15,13,5). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica (Ko…

[German version] (Ἀβάκαινον; Abákainon). Town of the Siculi on a steep hillside near the modern Tripi, c. 10 km south-east of the city of Tyndaris to which, at its foundation in 396 BC, Dionysius I added a large amount of A.'s territory (Diod. Sic. 14,78,5). Listed among the theorodokoi in  Delphi (beginning of 2nd cent. BC; IG XIV 382 a-d; [3. 420; 431]). Continued to exist into late antiquity. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 A. Bertino, Atti IV del Convegno di Numismatica Napoli, 1973, 105 ff. 2 R. Calciati (ed.), Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 1, 1983, 73-75 3 …

[German version] Hellenized town of the  Siculi in the interior of Sicily between Henna and Agyrium (Diod. Sic. 14,78,6) north of Dittáino (ancient  Chrysas; personification on Roman coins from A.), modern Assoro. Listed among the Delphian   theorodokoi in around 200 BC. From the fanum on the road to Henna,  Verres tried in vain to steal the statue of Chrysas (Cic. Verr. 2,4,96). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography L. Bernarbò Brea, Assoro, in: Notizie degli scavi di antichità, 1947, 249f. R. Calciati (ed.), Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 3, 1987, 259f. G. C. Gentil…

[German version] (Ἀγάθυρνον; Agáthyrnon). On the north coast of  Sicily between Tyndaris and Cale Acte, rather closer to Capo di Orlando than to S. Agata di Militello (location of a chorion ); founded by Agathyrnus, son of Aeolus [1] (Diod. Sic. 5,8), annexed by Tyndaris. In 210 BC, consul M. Valerius Laevinus deported 4,000 exiles from A., where they had settled, to  Bruttium (Liv. 26, 40, 16 f.). The eponymous hero, a standing youth, is depicted on a bronze coin (with corresponding legend). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography C. Franchina Scurria, Problemi del…

[German version] (Beidos). Fortress near Syracuse (Steph. Byz. s.v.; Cic. Verr. 2,53ff.; Liv. 25,27). A town of Bidius lay in the territory of Tauromenium (Steph. Byz. s.v.). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography BTCGI, 4, 45f. Chiron 25, 1995, no. 35.

[German version] (Καλὴ Ἀκτή; Kalḕ Áktē). Greek town on the northern coast of Sicily, founded in 446 BC by  Ducetius with the support of Archonides, the tyrant of Herbita (Diod. Sic. 12,8,2f.). As early as 495 BC,  Scythas of Zanclae had planned the foundation of an Ionian colony on that site. C.A. was probably first entered in around 200 BC into the lists of the theōrodókoi of Delphi. It was plundered by Verres (Cic. Verr. 2,3,101). Birth place of the rhetor  Caecilius [III 5]. Localized near the modern Caronia Marina. Remains of a reservoir, statue of a togatus. Coins: [1. 129f.]. Manganaro, …

[German version] (Ἑργέτιον; Hērgétion). Small town in the interior of Sicily, near Grammichele, and north of  Hybla [1] Heraea; it is mentioned in the Delphian list of the theōrodókoi (col. IV 106; cf. [1. 434f.] with a suggested localization in Ferla, [2. 133ff.32]), and also in an oracle of Dodona [4. 85f.], as well as in Steph. Byz. s.v. Segesta. For the ethnicon cf. bronze coins from Syracuse [3. 203]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 G. Manganaro, Città di Sicilia e santuari panellenici nel III e II sec. a.C., in: Historia 13, 1964, 414-439 2 Id., Alla …

[German version] (Κεφαλοίδιον, Κεφαλοιδίς; Kephaloídion, Kephaloidís, Cephaloedium). Town on a cape of the northern coast of Sicily, modern Cefalù, repeatedly mentioned in conjunction with  Dionysius [1] I and  Agathocles [2] (Diod. Sic. 14,56,2; 78,7; 20,56,3; 77,3), captured by the Romans in 254 BC during the First Punic War (Diod. Sic. 23,18,3), subsequently a civitas decumana. Plundered by Verres (Cic. Verr. 2,2,128; 3,103). Archaeology: Remains of archaic fortifications; on the acropolis a ‘Temple of Diana’ in pre-Greek layout. Copious coin co…

[German version] (Λόγγων; Lóngōn). Coastal river near Catana in Sicily, probably identical to modern San Paolo. Italion, a Catanian fortress, which was attacked in 247 BC by Hamilcar [3] Barcas (Diod. Sic. 24,6,1; [1. 133; 2. 127-174, especially 156, pl. 9]), was situated close to the source. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica, 1981 2 G. Manganaro, Per una storia della chora Katanaia, in: E. Olshausen, H. Sonnabend (ed.), Grenze und Grenzland. 4. Stuttgarter Kolloquium zur Histor. Geogr. (…

[German version] (Ἀχραδίνη; Achradínē). District of  Syracusae with the agora, linked with Ortygia via a bridge (Cic. Verr. 2,4,52; 117; Str. 6,2,4). In 405 BC captured by Himilkon (Diod. Sic. 14, 63), 352 BC plundered by Nypsius on behalf of Dionysius II and liberated by Dion (Plut. Dion 42 f.).  Sicily Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, Iscrizioni, Epitaffi ed Epigrammi in Greco della Sicilia centro-orientale di epoca romana, in: MEFRA 106, 1994, 79-118, here 79-82 R. J. A. Wilson, Sicily under Roman Empire, 1990, 39 f., 160 (map), 359.

(Ἀκεσίνης; Akesínēs). [German version] [1] River in Sicily River in  Sicily (Thuc. 4,25,8 Ἀχεσίνης; Achesínēs, Plin. HN 3,88 Asines), the modern Alcantara, which rises north of Randazzo, runs along the northern foot of Mount  Aetna [1] [2. 137], and flows, south of  Naxos, into the  Ionios Kolpos, identical with the Assinus (depicted as a horned youth on the obverse of a coin from Naxos, bearing the legend ΑΣΣΙΝΟΣ [1. 65 f., 93 f.]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 H. A. Cahn, Die Mz. der sizilischen Stadt Naxos, 1944 2 G. Manganaro, Per una storia de…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Sicily (Ἀλόντιον; Halóntion). City on the north coast of Sicily (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 1,51; Cic. Verr. 2,3,103; 2,4,51; Plin. HN 3,90; 14,80: viticulture), modern San Marco d'Anunzio. For the gymnasium of H., cf. SEG 26, 1060 (revision in [1]). For coin production cf. [2. 5-16]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 G. Manganaro, Sikelika, 1988 2 F. Bianco, Archeologia Storica di Messina, 1993.

[German version] (Ἰμάχαρα; Imáchara). Small town in Sicily (Cic. Verr. 2,3,47; Plin. HN 3,91; Ptol. 3,4,12,3; preserved are kerykeion, IG XIV 589, litrai in two versions). The identification with the excavation site near Nissoria is conceivable. There was a river in the area of I. (reverse of the litra). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica (Testimonia Siciliae antiqua 1,1), Kokalos Suppl. 4, 1981, 190 R. J. A. Wilson, Sicily under the Roman Empire, 145, 378 no. 14 S. Cataldi, s.v. I., BTCGI 8, 238-247 G. …

(Ὕβλα; Hýbla). [German version] [1] H. Megale/Heraea (Ὕ. Μεγάλη; H. Megálē, Ἡραία; Hēraía). The existence of H. is indisputable (differing: [6]), but the location of the city near Ragusa (on Sicily) is not clearly determined. Hippocrates, the ruler of H., died during the siege by the Siculans in 491 BC (Hdt. 7,155,1). H. had three bronze coin emissions with the legend Ὕβλας Μεγάλας, their circulation was limited to a small area (around Ragusa, Modica, Vizzini). Of great importance is the list of the theorodokoi of Delphi, in which Υβλας appears after Camarina and before Herget…

[German version] Sicilian river close to the road to Morgantina in the territory of Agyrion (Diod. Sic. 14,95,2), modern Dittaino. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography L. Rocchetti, EAA 2, 1959, 570 C. Vitanza, Arch. St. Sic. or., 12, 1915, 163-180.

[German version] (Ἀμενανός; Amenanós). The modern river of Giudicello, which still runs under the cathedral square of Catania; in antiquity, it supplied water to  Catana (depicted as a minotaurus on the earliest tetradrachmas: BMC, Greek, Sicilia, 48 ff.; on bronze coins of the 1st cent. BC reclining in Nile fashion; cf. Pind. Pyth. 1,132; Str. 5,3,13; Ov. Met. 15,279; Steph. Byz. s.v. Κατάνη; Katánē). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography Ch. Hülsen, s.v. Amenanus, RE 1, 1823 G. Manganaro, Per una storia della ‘chora Katanaia’, in: E. Olshausen, H. Sonnabend …

[German version] (Ἴνυκον; Ínykon). Place in Sicily (Hsch. s.v. Ἰνυκῖνος οἶνος; Steph. Byz. s.v. I.), whose wine was famous.  Charax identifies I. with Camicus, the residence of Cocalus (FGrH 103 F 58).  Hippocrates [4] of Gela held Scythes of Cos and Pythogenes captive in I., before they successfully escaped to Himera (Hdt. 6,23f.). The sophist Hippias is said to have earned more than twenty minai near the ‘small village of I.’ (Pl. Hp. mai. 282e). I. can be located between Selinus and Acragas, possibly near Camicus (modern S. Angelo Muxaro). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bi…

[German version] (Ἀκις; Ákis) Son of  Faunus and a daughter of the river god Symaethus, lover of the Nereid  Galatea, killed out of jealousy by the Cyclops  Polyphemus and turned into the river A. (Ov. Met. 13,780-897). A., most likely the fiume di Jaci, joining north of  Catana (cf. Theoc. 1,69), was proverbial because of its very cold water. Along the river, a temple of the Augustan period was found near Capo Mulini, and near Casalotto a Greek epigram, praising  Priapus, as well as a Latin inscri…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Sicily (Ἑρβησσός; Herbēssós). Siculian town, modern Montagna di Marzo near Piazza Armerina (Sicily), clearly identified through bronze coins and silver litrai. Literary references: Diod. Sic. 14,7,6-8 (404 BC); 78,7 (396 BC); 20,31,5 (309 BC); 23,8,1; Pol. 1,18,9 (attests, in the report on 262 BC, the geographical proximity of H. to Acragas). Other references: coin hoards of 214-212 BC from M. di Marzo; inscriptions in the Siculian language and script; Greek graffiti; a new, onomastically interesting type of clay glandes…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Sicily (Ἀγύριον; Agýrion). Town of the  Siculi in the interior of  Sicily, 25 km north-east of Henna, modern Agira, with cult of  Heracles who reputedly visited A. (Diod. Sic. 4,24). At the beginning of the 4th cent. BC, it was settled with 20,000 citizens under the tyrant Agyris (Diod. Sic. 14,95). In 339 BC, Timoleon ousted the tyrant Apolloniades, initiated the settlement of 10,000 Greeks; brisk building activity ensued (Diod. Sic. 16,82 f.). …

[German version] (Ἀσσίναρος, Ἀσίναρος; As[s]ínaros). River in Sicily, modern Noto, south of the Erineus, about 25 km from Syracuse, famous for the capitulation of the Athenians who sought safety there after the siege of Syracuse in 413 BC (Thuc. 7,84f.; Diod. Sic. 13,19,2; Plut. Nicias 27; Paus. 7,16,5). Endowment of a festival. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography E. A. Freeman, History of Sicily 3, 1892, 706f. E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica, Kokalos Suppl. 4, 1981, 100 M. Margani, Alcune questioni relative alla battaglia de…

[German version] (Κιμίσσα; Kimíssa). Town in Sicily, known from two silver coins ( lítra; hēmídrachmon) from the time of  Timoleon (mid 4th cent. BC); obverse: nymph's head, decorated with earrings, necklace and crown, bearing the legend ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, reverse: altar with burning sacrificial fire and the legend ΚΙΜΙΣΣΑΙΩΝ (finding-place: Raffe di Mussomeli Agrigento); that is also the probably location of C. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, Homonoia dei Kimissaioi, Eunomia dei Geloi e la ninfa (termitana) Sardó, in: U. Fellmeth, H. Sonnabend…

[German version] (Ὕκκαρα; Hýkkara). Sicanian town in the northwest of  Sicily; a few remains near the sea north of modern Carini (compare the two place names), west of Palermo. H. was conquered in 415 BC by the Athenians who were allied to Segesta [1] and its inhabitants were enslaved ( Peloponnesian War D.). The hetaera Lais [2] was among the captives (Plut. Alcibiades 39; Ath. 13,588c). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata)

[German version] (Ἀμήσελον; Amḗselon). Settlement between  Centuripae and  Agyrium (Diod. Sic. 22,13,1) on Monte San Giorgio (Regalbuto) on the Salso; it was controlled by mercenaries (possibly  Mamertini), before its capture by  Hieron II in 270 BC, who divided its territory between the neighbouring towns of Centuripae and Agyrium. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography R. Calciati (ed.), Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 3, 1987, 333-336 G. Manganaro, Per la storia dei culti nella Sicilia greca, in: Il Tempio Greco in Sicilia, 1980, 148-165 Id., Per una storia …

[German version] (Ἴνησσα; Ínēssa). Siculian city on the southern slope of Mount Etna ( Aetne [1]) between Catana and Centoripae, occupied, after the death of Hieron I in 461 BC, by the settlers driven out of Catana, renamed Aetne [2], with the consecration of Hieron as Founder (οἰκιστής; oikistḗs, Diod. Sic. 11,76,3; Str. 6,2,3; Steph. Byz. s.v. I.; cf. Thuc. 3,103,1; 6,94,3). Should be identified with Cività in Santa Maria di Licodia rather than Poira. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, La caduta dei Diomenidi e il Politikon nomisma in S…

[English version] (Ἀχραδίνη). Stadtteil von Syrakusai mit der Agora, durch eine Brücke mit Ortygia verbunden (Cic. Verr. 2,4,52; 117; Strab. 6,2,4). 405 v. Chr. von Himilkon erobert (Diod. 14, 63), 352 v. Chr. von Nypsios im Auftrag Dionysios' II. geplündert und von Dion befreit (Plut. Dion 42 f.). Sicilia Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, Iscrizioni, Epitaffi ed Epigrammi in Greco della Sicilia centro-orientale di epoca romana, in: MEFRA 106, 1994, 79-118, hier 79-82  R. J. A. Wilson, Sicily under Roman Empire, 1990, 39 f., 160 (Karte), 359.

[English version] (Ἀσσίναρος, Ἀσίναρος). Fluß auf Sicilia, h. Noto, südl. des Erineos, ca. 25 km von Syrakusai entfernt, bekannt durch die Kapitulation der Athener, die sich 413 v.Chr. nach der Belagerung von Syrakusai dort in Sicherheit zu bringen suchten (Thuk. 7,84f.; Diod. 13,19,2; Plut. Nikias 27; Paus. 7,16,5). Festspiel-Stiftung. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography E.A. Freeman, History of Sicily 3, 1892, 706f.  E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica, Kokalos Suppl. 4, 1981, 100  M. Margani, Alcune questioni relative alla ba…

[English version] (Κιμίσσα). Stadt auf Sizilien, bekannt durch zwei Silber-Mz. ( lítra; hēmídrachmon) aus der Zeit des Timoleon (Mitte 4. Jh.n.Chr.); Av.: mit Ohrring, Halskette und Krone geschmückter Nymphenkopf und der Legende ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, Rv.: Altar mit brennendem Opferfeuer und der Legende ΚΙΜΙΣΣΑΙΩΝ (FO: Raffe di Mussomeli Agrigento); hier ist auch K. zu lokalisieren. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, Homonoia dei Kimissaioi, Eunomia dei Geloi e la ninfa (termitana) Sardó, in: U. Fellmeth, H. Sonnabend (Hrsg.), Alte Geschichte. FS …

[English version] (Ἀμήσελον). Ortschaft zw. Kentoripa und Agyrion (Diod. 22,13,1) auf dem Monte San Giorgio (Regalbuto) am Salso; von Söldnern (evtl. Mamertini) kontrolliert, bevor A. 270 v. Chr. von Hieron II. erobert wurde, der das Territorium von A. zw. den angrenzenden Städten Kentoripa und Agyrion aufteilte. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography R. Calciati (Hrsg.), Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 3, 1987, 333-336  G. Manganaro, Per la storia dei culti nella Sicilia greca, in: Il Tempio Greco in Sicilia, 1980, 148-165  Ders., Per una storia della “chora K…

(Ἀκεσίνης). [English version] [1] Fluß in Sicilia Fluß in Sicilia (Thuk. 4,25,8 Ἀχεσίνης, Plin. nat. 3,88 Asines), der h. Alcantara, der nördl. von Randazzo entspringt und am Nordfuß der Aitne [1] entlangfließt [2. 137] und südl. von Naxos in den Ionios Kolpos mündet, identisch mit Assinos (als gehörnter Jünglingskopf auf dem Av. einer Mz. aus Naxos dargestellt, Legende ΑΣΣΙΝΟΣ [1. 65 f., 93 f.]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 H. A. Cahn, Die Mz. der sizilischen Stadt Naxos, 1944 2 G. Manganaro, Per una storia della “chora Katanaia”, in: E. Olshausen, H.…

[English version] (Κεφαλοίδιον, Κεφαλοιδίς, Cephaloedium). Stadt auf einem Kap an der Nordküste von Sizilien, h. Cefalù, mehrfach erwähnt im Zusammenhang mit Dionysios [1] I. und Agathokles [2] (Diod. 14,56,2; 78,7; 20,56,3; 77,3), 254 v.Chr. von den Römern im 1. Pun. Krieg erobert (Diod. 23,18,3), dann civitas decumana. Von Verres geplündert (Cic. Verr. 2,2,128; 3,103). Arch.: Reste archa. Befestigungsanlagen; auf der Akropolis der “Tempel der Diana” in vorgriech. Anlage. Reiche Mz.-Kollektion [1. 97, 99], bes. aus Lipara im Mus. Mandralis…

[English version] (Λόγγων). Küstenfluß bei Katane auf Sizilien, wohl identisch mit dem h. S. Paolo. Nahe der Quelle befand sich Italion, eine katanische Festung, die 247 v.Chr. von Hamilkar [3] Barkas angegriffen wurde (Diod. 24,6,1; [1. 133; 2. 127-174, bes. 156, Taf. 9]). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica, 1981 2 G. Manganaro, Per una storia della chora Katanaia, in: E. Olshausen, H. Sonnabend (Hrsg.), Grenze und Grenzland. 4. Stuttgarter Kolloquium zur Histor. Geogr. (1990), 1994.

[English version] Fluß in Sicilia an der via Elorina, von Thukydides (7,80,6; 82,3) im Zusammenhang mit dem Rückzug der Athener 413 v.Chr. erwähnt, evtl. identisch mit dem Cavallata nördl. des Assinaros. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, Alla ricerca di poleis mikrai della Sicilia centro-orientale, in: Orbis Terrarum 2, 1996, 139 mit Nr. 50  L. Robert, Noms indigenes de l'Asie Mineure gréco-romaine, 1963, 37f.

(Ἀπολλωνία). [English version] [1] Stadt im südl. Illyricum Dieser Ort ist auf folgenden Karten verzeichnet: Attisch-Delischer Seebund | Kolonisation | Makedonia, Makedones | Perserkriege | Punische Kriege | Straßen Stadt im südl. Illyricum, in der Ant. am Nordufer des Aoos ca. 6 km vom Meer entfernt, beim h. Pojani (Albanien). Von Korinthern Anf. des 6. Jhs. v. Chr. unter Beteiligung von Korkyra gegr. (mythischer Oikistes Gylax). Hdt. 9,93-95, Paus. 5,22,3 f. und Inschr. bezeugen den Reichtum von A. im 5. Jh. v. Chr.; zur …

[English version] Der nördlichere, größere von zwei bei Kamarina an der SW-Küste Siziliens mündenden Flüsse, h. Íppari (Oanis), von Pindar (O. 5,12) als Wohltäter von Kamarina gepriesen, auf Mz. der Stadt als gehörnter Jüngling dargestellt. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart) Bibliography J.B. Curbera, Onomastic of River-Gods in Sicily, in: Philologus 142, 1998, 59f.

(Ἡράκλεια). [English version] [1] H. Trachinia Dieser Ort ist auf folgenden Karten verzeichnet: Aitoloi, Aitolia | Bildung | Peloponnesischer Krieg (Ἡράκλεια ἡ Τραχινία). Stadt auf einem Felsen links von und über dem Ausgang der Schlucht des Asopos [1] in die Spercheiosebene, an der Süd- und Westflanke durch tiefe Bachbetten von der Oite (Oitaioi, Oite) getrennt, wo die Trachinischen Felsen mit zahlreichen Grabhöhlen aufragen. Die Unterstadt ist h. restlos verschwunden. H. wurde 426 v.Chr. von den Spartanern, die v…

[English version] (Κακύπαρις). Fluß im Osten von Sizilien, entspringt bei Palazzolo Acreide, mündet 17 km südwestl. von Syrakusai (Thuk. 7,80,5 zum Rückzug der Athener 413 v.Chr.); h. Cassibile. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography BTCGI 5, 45-53.

[English version] (Ἴνησσα). Stadt der Siculi am Südhang des Ätna (Aitne [1]) zw. Katane und Kentoripa; nach dem Tode Hierons I. 461 v.Chr. von den aus Katane vertriebenen Siedlern besetzt, in Aitne [2] umbenannt, mit Konsekrierung Hierons als “Gründer” (οἰκιστής, Diod. 11,76,3; Strab. 6,2,3; Steph. Byz. s.v. I.; vgl. Thuk. 3,103,1; 6,94,3). Eher mit Cività bei S. Maria di Licodia als mit Poira zu identifizieren. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, La caduta dei Diomenidi e il Politikon nomisma in Sicilia nella prima metà del V sec.…

[English version] Inselgruppe zw. Lilybaion und Karthago (h. Favignana und Levanza). Hier ging 250 v.Chr., von Lilybaion zu Hilfe gerufen, die karthag. Flotte vor Anker (Pol. 1,44,2). In Sichtweite von Favignana fand 241 v.Chr. die den 1. Pun. Krieg entscheidende Seeschlacht zw. C. Lutatius Catulus und Hanno statt (Pol. 1,60,4ff.) [1. 248f.]. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 Huss. R.J.A. Wilson, Sicily under the Roman Empire, 1990, 228, 393 Nr. 179  G. Purpura, in: SicA 15/48, 1982, 56f.; 18/57-58, 1985, 59-86  A.M. Fallico, Sicilia: XII. Favignana e…

[English version] Fluß in Sicilia, der am Monte Lauro bei Akrai entspringt und in den Hafen von Syrakusai mündet. Das Mündungsgebiet ist sumpfig und hat Seuchen unter belagernden Heeren verursacht. Der Mythos machte den Flußgott zum Liebhaber der Nymphe des in den A. mündenden Baches Kyane (Ov. met. 5,409 ff.). Er wurde in Gestalt einer Epheben-Statue (Ephebia) verehrt (Ail. var. 2,33). Dionysios I. errichtete entlang des A. Gymnasien (Diod. 15,13,5). Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography E. Manni, Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica (Koka…

[English version] (Ἀβάκαινον). Siculerstadt auf steilem Hügel beim h. Tripi, ca. 10 km südöstl. der Stadt Tyndaris, bei deren Gründung 396 v. Chr. Dionysios I. A. viel Territorium abnahm (Diod. 14,78,5). In der Liste der Theodorokoi aus Delphoi aufgeführt (Anf. 2. Jh. v. Chr.; IG XIV 382 a-d; [3. 420; 431]). Bestand bis in die Spätantike. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography 1 A. Bertino, Atti IV del Convegno di Numismatica Napoli, 1973, 105 ff. 2 R. Calciati(Hrsg.), Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 1, 1983, 73-75 3 G. Manganaro, Città di Sicilia e santuari panell…

[English version] Ortschaft in den Monti Nebrodi auf Sizilien, 1139 m hoch gelegen, h. Capizzi (Cic. Verr. 3,4,103; Ptol. 3,4,7: Capitina civitas). Evtl. einzufügen in die delphische Theorodokenliste (4,112); CIL X 2, 7462. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography R.C. Wilson, Sicily under the Roman Empire, 1990, 149  s.v. Capizzi, BTCGI 4, 1985, 400-402  G. Manganaro, Alla ricerca di poleis mikrai della Sicilia centro-orientale, in: Orbis Terrarum 2, 1996, 136 Anm. 47.

[English version] (Ἴνυκον). Ort auf Sizilien (Hesych. s.v. Ἰνυκῖνος οἶνος; Steph. Byz. s.v. I.), dessen Wein berühmt war. Charax identifiziert I. mit Kamikos, der Residenz des Kokalos (FGrH 103 F 58). Hippokrates [4] von Gela hielt Skythes von Kos und Pythogenes in I. gefangen, bevor diesen die Flucht nach Himera gelang (Hdt. 6,23f.). Der Sophist Hippias soll bei dem ›kleinen Dorf I.‹ mehr als 20 Minen besessen haben (Plat. Hipp. mai. 282e). Zw. Selinus und Akragas, möglicherweise in der Nähe von Kamikos (h. S. Angelo Muxaro) zu lokalisieren. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Batt…

[English version] Kastell von Leontinoi (Ost-Sizilien), Schauplatz von Auseinandersetzungen zw. Oligarchen und Demokraten von Leontinoi 422 v.Chr. (Thuk. 5,4,4), vermutlich bei Colle S. Basilio (Scordia), wo Mauerreste (5. Jh. v. Chr.), große in den Fels gehauene Silos und eine Grabinschr. gefunden wurden. Die spät-byz. Zeit ist durch Gräber und eine Bleiklinge mit griech. Exorziergebet dokumentiert. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography BTCGI s.v. B.,  G. Manganaro, in: Scritti classici e cristiani offerti a Francesco Corsaro, Università C…

[English version] (Ἴχανα). Ortschaft auf Sizilien, geriet unter die Herrschaft von Syrakusai (Steph. Byz. s.v. I.). Belege: Griff eines br. Kerykeion mit der Aufschrift Ιχανινοδαμοσιον; silbernes hēmílitron (Av. gehörnter Kopf, Personifikation eines Flusses, zu dessen Rechten auf einigen Prägungen ΣΙΧΑ, auf dem Rv. ein Schiffsbug mit der Legende ΝΙΚΑ, datierbar E. 5. Jh. v.Chr., I. feierte also einen Seesieg); in einer sikulischen Inschr. aus Herbessos steht ΘΙΚΑΝΑ. Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata) Bibliography G. Manganaro, in: JNG 33, 1984, 31-33  Ders., Alla …