Gatheatas, a river of Arcadia. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 34.
Gaugramēla, a village near Arbela, beyond the Tigris, where Alexander obtained his third victory over Darius. Curtius, bk. 4, ch. 9.—Strabo, bks. 2 & 16.
Gaulus and Gauleon, an island in the Mediterranean sea, opposite Libya. It produces no venomous creatures. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 8.
Gaurus, a mountain of Campania, famous for its wines. Lucan, bk. 2, li. 667.—Silius Italicus, bk. 12, li. 160.—Statius, bk. 3, Sylvæ, poem 5, li. 99.
Gaus and Gaos, a man who followed the interest of Artaxerxes, from whom he revolted, and by whom he was put to death. Diodorus, bk. 15.
Gaza, a famous town of Palestine, once well fortified, as being the frontier place on the confines of Egypt. Alexander took it after a siege of two months. Diodorus, bk. 17.
Gebenna, a town and mountain of Gaul. Lucan, bk. 1, li. 435.
Gēdrōsia, a barren province of Persia near India. Strabo, bk. 2.
Gegănii, a family of Alba, part of which migrated to Rome, under Romulus. One of the daughters, called Gegania, was the first of the vestals created by Numa. Plutarch, Numa.
Gĕla, a town on the southern parts of Sicily, about 10 miles from the sea, according to Ptolemy, which received its name from a small river in the neighbourhood, called Gelas. It was built by a Rhodian and Cretan colony, 713 years before the christian era. After it had continued in existence 404 years, Phintias tyrant of Agrigentum carried the inhabitants to Phintias, a town in the neighbourhood, which he had founded, and he employed the stones of Gela to beautify his own city. Phintias was also called Gela. The inhabitants were called Gelenses, Geloi, and Gelani. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 3, li. 702.—Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 46.