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Strabo, Geography (ed. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.), BOOK VI., CHAPTER II. (search)
t space near Lilybæum. The Æolian islands lie to the north. The cities situated on the side which forms the Strait are, first Messana, then Tauromenium,Taormina. Catana, and Syracuse; between Catana and Syracuse were the ruined cities NaxosNaxos was not situated between Catana and Syracuse, but was most probably built on the left bank of the Fiume Freddo, the ancient Asines, near Taormina. It is possible that Strabo originally wrote, between Messina and Syracuse. Naxos was founded about 734 B. C., and destroyed by Dionysius the elder about the year 403. Naxos is thought by some to be the modern Schisso. and Megara,Megara was founded on the right of the Cantaro, the ancient Alabus. It was destroyed about 214 years B. C. situated where the rivers descending from Ætna fall into the sea, and afford good accommodation for shipping. Here is also the promontory of Xiphonia. They say that Ephorus founded these first cities of the Greeks in Sicily in the tenth generation fr