Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Pelōris

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Pelōris

（Πελωρίς), Pelorias (Πελωριάς), or Pelorus (Πελωρός). Now Cape Faro. The northeast point of Sicily and one of the three promontories which formed the triangular figure of the island. According to the usual story, it derived its name from Pelorus, the pilot of Hannibal's ship (Val. Max. ix. 8, 1); but the name was more ancient than Hannibal's time, being mentioned by Thucydides (iv. 25).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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