PANORMUS (Polybius, Paufanias), a town of Achaea, in Peloponnesus, near the promontory Rhium.—Another (Ptolemy, Pliny), a town on the north side of Crete.—A third (Ptolemy), in Macedonia, on the Ægean sea, near Mount Athos.—A fourth, of Samos (Livy).—A fifth, of Sicily; an ancient city, built by the Phoenicians (Thucydides); a principal town of the Carthaginians (Polybius); situated between Lilybaeus and Pelorus (Mela); a Roman colony. Now Palermo, capital of the island, on the north side. E. Long. 13. N.
Panormas N. Lat. 38. 30.—A sixth Panormus of the Thracian
Chersonesus, placed by Pliny on the west side of the penin-
sula, and mentioned by no other writer.