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island, and commanding a magnificent view of the interior. Pop. (1901) 25,826. Enna was one of the cities of the Sicels, and the statement of Stephanus Byzantinus that it was colonized by See also:

Syracuse in 664 B.C. is improbable. The question is discussed by E. Pais, Atakta (See also:

Pisa, 1891), 63. It does not appear in See also:

HISTORY

history before the See also:

time of See also:

Dionysius I. of Syracuse, who, after unsuccessful attempts, finally acquired See also:

possession of it by treachery about 397 B.C. Its natural position rendered it a fortress of See also:

GREAT

great importance, and it is frequently mentioned in subsequent history. In 134-132 it was the headquarters of the slave.revolt, and was only reduced by treachery. See also:

CICERO

Cicero speaks of it as a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of some importance, but in imperial times it seems to have been of little See also:

account.

In A.D. 837 the See also:

SARACENS

Saracens attempted to take it, but without success; and it was again only by treachery that they were able to take it in 859. In 1087 it See also:

fell into the hands of the See also:

NORMANS

Normans; and the existing remains of fortifications are entirely See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval. There are indeed no remains of earlier days. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, founded in 1307, is of some See also:

INTEREST

interest. There are no remains of the famous See also:

temple of See also:

DEMETER

Demeter, from which See also:

VERRES, GAIUS (c. 120-43 B.C.)

Verres, as Cicero tells us, re-moved the See also:

BRONZE

bronze statue of the goddess. The See also:

lake of Pergus, where Persephone, according to one of the myths, was carried off by Hades, lies 4 M. to the See also:

south. The myth itself must have had some See also:

LOCAL

local origin, but has had so much See also:

Greek detail grafted upon it that the very names of the earlier Sicel deities have been displaced.

End of Article: CASTROGIOVANNI (Arab. Kasr-Yani, a corruption of Castrum Ennae)

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