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GELA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, generally and almost certainly identified with the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

TERRANOVA

Terranova (q.v.). It was founded by Cretan and Rhodian colonists in 688 B.C., and itself founded Acragas (see See also:

AGRIGENTUM (Gr. 'Arcpayas, mod. Girgenti (q.v.))

AGRIGENTUM) in 582 B.C. It also had a treasure-See also:

house at See also:

OLYMPIA

Olympia. The See also:

TOWN

town took its name from the See also:

RIVER

river to the See also:

east (See also:

THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides vi. 2), which in turn was so called from its See also:

winter See also:

frost (yiXa in the Sicel See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect; cf. See also:

LAT

Lat. gelidus). The Rhodian settlers called it Lindioi (see LINDUS). Gela enjoyed its greatest prosperity under See also:

HIPPOCRATES

Hippocrates (498-491 B.C.), whose dominion extended over a considerable See also:

PART

part of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island. Gelon, who seized the tyranny on his See also:

DEATH

death, became See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

Syracuse in 485 B.C., and transferred his See also:

capital thither with See also:

HALF

half the in-habitants of Gela, leaving his See also:

BROTHER

brother See also:

HIERO (strictly HIERON)

Hiero to See also:

RULE

rule over the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest. Its prosperity returned, however, after the See also:

EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of See also:

THRASYBULUS

Thrasybulus in 466 B.c.,1 but in 405 it was besieged by the Carthaginians and abandoned by See also:

Dionysius' See also:

order, after his failure (perhaps See also:

CLUE

clue to treachery) to drive the besiegers away (E. A. See also:

Freeman, Hist. of Sic. iii.

562 seq.). The inhabitants later returned and rebuilt the town, but it never regained its position . In 311 B.C. See also:

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles put to death 5000 of its inhabitants; and finally, after its destruction by the Mamertines about 281 B.C., Phintias of Agrigentum transferred the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder to the new town of Phintias (now See also:

LICATA

Licata, q.v.). It seems that in See also:

ROMAN

Roman times they still kept the name of Gelenses or Geloi in their new See also:

ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode (Th. See also:

MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen in C.I.L. x., See also:

Berlin, 1883, p. 737). (T.

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