in Ancient Geography, a city of great ex- tent on the south of Sicily, taking its name from the ri- ver Gelas, which washes it. It was built by colonists from Rhodes and Crete, 45 years after the building of Syracuse, or in the third year of the 224 Olympiad, 690 before Christ; originally called Lindii, from the colonists of Lindus, a city of Rhodes, who settled there first. Now Terra Nuova, and the river called Fiume di Terra Nuova. The people were called Geloi, Gele- nzes, and Gelani. The city of Gela, after having stood 408 years, was destroyed by Phintias, tyrant of Agri- gentum; and the inhabitants were removed to a new city, called Phintius after his name.