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Egesta
"Egesta" in a Sentence (2 examples)
On their way they took Hyccara, a petty Sicanian seaport, nevertheless at war with Egesta, and making slaves of the inhabitants gave up the town to the Egestaeans, some of whose horse had joined them; after which the army proceeded through the territory of the Sicels until it reached Catana, while the fleet sailed along the coast with the slaves on board.
For we are skirting the base of Mount Eryx, now Monte Giuliano, whence Acestes the king came down to meet Aeneas when he landed on his return from Carthage; and where Aeneas—so they say—founded the town of Acesta, which afterwards became Egesta, and is now Segesta.
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