218 PLIlfT's NATUBiLL HISTOBT. [Book IIL 



ritory drink too of the fountains of Temenitis^ Archidemia, 

 Magasa, Cyane, and Milichie,) the port of Naustathmus ^, the 

 river Elorus, and the promontory of Pachynum. Thia 

 side^ of Sicily begins with the river Hirminius*, then fol- 

 low the town of Camarina*, the river Gelas^, and the town 

 of Agragas^, which our people have named Agrigentum. We 

 next come to the colony of Thermae*, the rivers Achates ^ 

 Mazara, and Hypsa ; the town of Selinus^", and then the 

 Promontory of Lilybaeum, which is succeeded by Drepana", 

 Mount Eryx^^, the towns of Panhormus^^, Solus" andHimera", 

 with a river of the same name, Cephaloedis^^, Aluntium'', 



^ According to Mirabella, these springs are in modem times called 

 Fonte di Canali, Cefialino, Fontana della Maddalena, Fonte Ciane, and 

 Lampismotta. 



2 The modem Fonte Bianche. The Eloms, according to Hardouin, 

 is the modem Acellaro, according to Mannert, the Abisso. 



3 The southern side. * Now the Maulo, or Fiume di Bagusa. 



' Still called Camarina. Scarcely any vestiges of the ancient city now 

 remain. 



^ According to Hardouin the Fiume Salso ; but according to D'An- 

 ville and Mannert, the Fiume Ghiozzo, 



7 Now Girgenti. Gigantic remains of the ancient city are still to be 

 seen. 8 g^e note ** in this page. 



' The Achates is the modem Belice, the Mazara retains its name, and 

 the Hypsa is now the Marsala. 



^° So called by the Greeks from its abundant growth of parsley, called by 

 them aiXivov. Its remains are still to be seen at the spot called Selenti. 



" Now Trapani. Some vestiges of its ancient mole are to be seen. 



^2 The present Monte San Juliano. 



^3 The great city of Palermo stands on its site. It was founded by 

 the Phoenicians. i* The modem Solunto. 



15 Himera was destroyed by the Carthaginians, B.C. 408, upon which 

 its inliabitants founded Thermse, so called from its hot springs. This 

 was probably the colony of Thermae mentioned above by Pliny, though 

 wrongly placed by him on the southern coast between Selinus and Agri- 

 gentum. The modem town of Termini stands on the site of Thermse ; re- 

 mains 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. 



16 Or Cfiephaloediiun. Some remains of it are to be seen at the spot 

 called Cefalu. 



17 Probably on the site now occupied by the town of San Marco. 

 Fazello and Cluver however place Aluntium near San liLidelfo, where 

 some ruins were formerly visible, and regard San Marco as the site of 

 Agathyma or Agathyraum. 



