[1563] According to Hardouin the Fiume Salso; but according to D’Anville and Mannert, the Fiume Ghiozzo.
[1564] Now Girgenti. Gigantic remains of the ancient city are still to be seen.
[1565] See note [1572] in this page.
[1566] The Achates is the modern Belice, the Mazara retains its name, and the Hypsa is now the Marsala.
[1567] So called by the Greeks from its abundant growth of parsley, called by them σέλινον. Its remains are still to be seen at the spot called Selenti.
[1568] Now Trapani. Some vestiges of its ancient mole are to be seen.
[1569] The present Monte San Juliano.
[1570] The great city of Palermo stands on its site. It was founded by the Phœnicians.
[1571] The modern Solunto.
[1572] Himera was destroyed by the Carthaginians, B.C. 408, upon which its inhabitants founded Thermæ, so called from its hot springs. This was probably the colony of Thermæ mentioned above by Pliny, though wrongly placed by him on the southern coast between Selinus and Agrigentum. The modern town of Termini stands on the site of Thermæ; remains of its baths and aqueduct are still to be seen. Himera stood on a river of the same name, most probably the present Fiume Grande, and Fazello is of opinion that the town was situate on the site now occupied by the Torre di Bonfornello. Himera was the birth-place of the poet Stesichorus.