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Alcamo and about 15 M. E.S.E. of Eryx. It was a city of the Elymi, but, though the Elymi were regarded as barbari, Segesta, in its relations with its neighbours, was almost like a See also:

Greek city. Disputes with See also:

SELINUS (EeXsvoiis)

Selinus over questions of boundary seem to have been frequent from 58o B.c. onwards. In 454 B.C. we hear of dealings—possibly even an affiance—with See also:

Athens (the authority is a fragmentary inscription, see E. A. See also:

Freeman, See also:

HISTORY

History of Sicily, ii. 554), and in 426 an See also:

ALLIANCE

alliance was concluded by See also:

LACHES (from Anglo-French lachesse, negligence, from lasche, modern ldche, unloosed, slack)

Laches. One of the ostensible See also:

OBJECTS

objects of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415 was to aid Segesta against Selinus in a dispute, not only as to questions of boundary, but as to rights of See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage. After the Athenian debacle, the Segestans turned to See also:

Carthage; but when See also:

Hannibal in 409 B.C. firmly established the Carthaginian See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in western Sicily, Segesta sank to the position of a dependent ally, and was indeed besieged by See also:

Dionysius in 397, being at last relieved by Himilco.

In 307 See also:

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles marched on the city, massacred 10,000 men, sold 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 of the inhabitants into See also:

SLAVERY

slavery and changed its name to Dicaeopolis; but it soon recovered its old name and returned to the Carthaginians. See also:

Early in the First Punic See also:

War, however, the inhabitants, having massacred the Carthaginian See also:

garrison and allied themselves with See also:

Rome, had to stand a severe See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege from the Carthaginians. Segesta was treated with favour by the See also:

Romans, retaining its freedom and See also:

IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity from tithe; indeed it seems probable that the municipal constitution of Eryx was suppressed and its territory assigned to Segesta. It received Latin rights before See also:

Caesar's concession of them to the rest of Sicily. The site is now absolutely deserted. The See also:

TOWN

town See also:

lay upon the See also:

MONTE

Monte Varvaro (1345 ft.) ; considerable remains of its See also:

EXTERNAL

external walls, of houses and of a See also:

temple of See also:

DEMETER

Demeter are to be seen. The See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre is well preserved: its See also:

DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter is 205 ft. It is partly hewn in the See also:

rock, the rest (especially the back See also:

wall of the See also:

STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage) being of very roughly hewn, See also:

long, thin blocks of hard See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone, approximately rectangular, with smaller pieces filling up the interstices. To the W.N.W., 35o ft. below the theatre, is a temple, 200; ft. long and 861 wide, including the steps: it is a See also:

HEXASTYLE (Gr. gE, six, and ori)Xos, column)

hexastyle peripteros, and has 36 columns, 29 ft. in height, 61 ft. in See also:

LOWER

lower diameter. The See also:

BUILDING

building was, however, not completed; the See also:

CELLA

cella was never built, and the columns, not having been fluted, have a heavy See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance. It is, however, extremely well preserved. Its See also:

style places the date of its construction between 43o and 420, so that the interruption of the See also:

WORK

work must be due to the events of 416 or of 409 B.C.

The Thermae Segestanae were situated about 5 m. to the See also:

north on the road to Castellammare: the hot springs are still in use. (T.

End of Article: SEGESTA (Gr. "Eyeara)

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