Sicilia : Fenicio, Greco, Romano . T Eryx. I bagni restano, e la città moderna mantiene il suo nome asTermini. Ora dobbiamo tornare un po' indietro. Mentre i siracusei Zcaviglia stavano lavorando intorno ai loro vari angoli, dopo la fondazione di Himera, ma prima di quella di Kamarina, nel 628 a.C. i Megari di Sicilia plantedSelinosi sulla costa meridionale, le città più occidentali della Grecia nell'isola. Risponde a Himera sul lato nord, come essendo piantato come un avamposto di Hellas il marzo stesso dei Fenici, Sikans, andElymians. Aveva un avamposto sul fiume Mazaros, il più lontano posto greco nell'isla

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Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . t Eryx. The bathsstill remain, and the modern town keeps its name asTermini. We must now go back a little. While Syracuseand Zankle were working round their several corners, after the foundation of Himera, but before that ofKamarina, in 628 B.C. the Megarians of Sicily plantedSelinous on the south coast, the most western ofGreek cities in the island. It answers to Himera onthe north side, as being planted as an outpost ofHellas on the very march of Phoenicians, Sikans, andElymians. It had an outpost on the river Mazaros, the furthest Greek post in the island. The akropolisstood on a hill above che sea, between the riversHypsas and Selinous, and the temples and otherbuildings spread over that hill and over anotherhill on each side, a wonderful group. Selinous, likeHimera, is now quite forsaken, but its ruins are thegrandest in Sicily. Between Selinous and Gela a large gap still lay with-out any Greek city. This in 599 B.C. was filled upby the foundation of Akragas, Agrigcntuvi, Girgenti, . FOUNDATION Ol- AKRAGAS. 53 which has always lived on without any real change ofname. This was a foundation of Gela, which couldthus endure to plant an independent colony on her ownborders. Greeks from other places, especially fromGalas own metropolis of Rhodes, joined in the settle-ment. The new city was not so close to the sea asmost of its fellows. It stood on a hill between tworivers in their valleys, Akragas and another Hypsas.The akropolis arose on a lofty and almost isolatedpoint of the hill, from which the town graduallyspread down, as Syracuse spread up. And, likeSyracuse, the modern town has shrunk up again intoits oldest part ; the present Girgenti is only the akro-polis of Akragas. But though the city spread, itnever reached the sea ; its small haven remained ata little distance. Akragas had a great trade with theopposite coast of Africa ; but it never became a realnaval power like Syracuse. But it grew rich andpowerful in many ways,

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