egesta

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A quarrel had broken out between Egesta and Selinus, both which cities were seated near the western extremity of Sicily; and Selinus, having obtained the aid of Syracuse, was pressing very hard upon the Egestaeans.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

The citizens of Egesta, in Sicily, erected a monument to a certain Philip, who was not their fellow-citizen, but of Croton, for his distinguished beauty; and the people made offerings at it.

From The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry by Pater, Walter

If Nicias was prepared for the news from Egesta, his two colleagues were taken completely by surprise.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard

The Elymians in Sicily also were composed of Trojans and Greeks separately driven to the spot, who, forgetting their previous differences, united in the joint settlements of Eryx and Egesta.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

At this time the Athenians resolved, under colour of an appeal for assistance from the Sicilian city of Egesta, deliberately to set about the establishment of their empire in Sicily.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir