Ἐρεβησαίων πόλις

Erebesaeans' city

Translated by David Whitehead15 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐρεβησαίων πόλις.

Betacode

*)erebhsai/wn po/lis.

Polybius 1.18.9 mentions it in the context of the First Punic War; see at pi 2214 (with slightly different spelling), and also e.g. Diodorus Siculus 23.8.1 and 23.9.5. It was in southern Sicily, about 50km east of Akragas/Agrigentum. The toponym was Herbes(s)os (Barrington Atlas map 47 grid E4).