(Polybius, Paulianas), 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 Lilybea and Pelorus (Mela); a Roman colony. Now Palermo, capital of the island, on the north side. L. Long. 13. N. N. Lat. 38° 30'.—A fifth Panormus of the Thracian Cheronea, placed by Pliny on the west side of the peninsula, and mentioned by no other writer.

Panormus (Ptolemy), a port of Attica; its name denoting it to be capacious.—Another, of Epirus (Strabo, Ptolemy); a large harbour in the heart of the Montes Ceraunii, below the citadel Chimaera.—A third of Ionia (Strabo); near Ephesus, with the temple of the Egyptian Diana.