[1593] The people of Gela, one of the most important cities of Sicily. Its site was probably the modern Terranova, near the river Fiume di Terranova.
[1594] The people probably of Galata or Galaria; on the site of which the modern village of Galata is supposed to stand.
[1595] The people probably of Halesa; its ruins are supposed to be those near the village of Tysa, near the river Pettineo.
[1596] The people of Hybla. There were three cities of this name in Sicily, the Greater, the Less, and Hybla Megara. The name was probably derived from the local divinity mentioned by Pausanias as being so called.
[1597] The people of Herbita; the site of which was probably at Nicosia, or else at Sperlinga, two miles south of it.
[1598] There were two places in Sicily known as Herbessus or Erbessus—one near Agrigentum, the other about sixteen miles from Syracuse, on the site, it is supposed, of the present Pantalica.
[1599] The people of Halicyæ, in the west of Sicily. The modern town of Salemi is supposed to occupy its site.
[1600] The people of Adranum or Hadranum, a town famous for its temple of the Sicilian deity Adranus. Its site is occupied by the modern town of Aderno. The ruins are very considerable.
[1601] The people of Ietæ; the site of which town is said by Fazello to be the modern Iato. The sites of the places previously mentioned cannot be identified.
[1602] The site of their town is situate at the modern Mistretta, where some ruins are still to be seen.