Sicilians, Demeter's gift of corn to the, vii. 56 sq.;

their lamentations at being robbed of an image of Demeter, vii. 65

Sicily, stones tied to fruit-trees in, i. 140;

attempts to compel the saints to give rain in, i. 299 sq.;

barren fruit-trees threatened in, ii. 21 sq.;

date of the artificial fertilization of fig-trees in, ii. 314;

Syrian prophet in, v. 74; fossil bones in, v. 157;

hot springs in, v. [pg 461] 213;

gardens of Adonis in, v. 245, 253 sq.;

divination at Midsummer in, v. 254;