a mountain of Sicily, near the valleys Mazara and Noto, upon which was situated (as is generally thought) the famous Daedalion, where the tyrant Phalaris kept his brazen bull.
a town of Sicily, remarkable for corn and good wine. It was plundered by the Turks in 1543; is seated on a sort of peninsula near the sea, 22 miles south-east of Girgenti, and contains 2700 houses. E. Long. 14. 2. N. Lat. 37. 11.