Ecnŏmos, a mountain of Sicily, now Licata.
Edessa and Edesa, a town of Syria.
Edessæ portus, a harbour of Sicily near Pachynus. Cicero, Against Verres, bk. 5, ch. 34.
Edeta, or Leria, a town of Spain along the river Sucro. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 3.—Livy, bk. 28, ch. 24.—Silius Italicus, bk. 3, li. 371.
Edissa and Ædessa, a town of Macedonia taken by Caranus, and called Ægæ, or Ægeas. See: [Ædessa].
Edon, a mountain of Thrace, called also Edonus. From this mountain that part of Thrace is often called Edonia which lies between the Strymon and the Nessus, and the epithet is generally applied not only to Thrace but to a cold northern climate. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 325.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 18.—Lucan, bk. 1, li. 674.
Edoni, or Edones, a people of Thrace, near the Strymon. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 5.
Edonĭdes, a name given to the priestesses of Bacchus, because they celebrated the festivals of the god on mount Edon. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 11, li. 69.
Edylius, a mountain which Sylla seized to attack the people of Cheronæa. Plutarch, Sulla.
Eetion, the father of Andromache, and of seven sons, was king of Thebes in Cilicia. He was killed by Achilles. From him the word Eetioneus is applied to his relations or descendants. Homer, Iliad, bk. 12.——The commander of the Athenian fleet conquered by the Macedonians under Clytus, near the Echinades. Diodorus, bk. 18.