or **Palisci**, in *Fabulous History*, two deities, sons of Jupiter by Thalia, whom Æschylus, according to Macrobius, calls *Ætna*, in a tragedy which is lost. The nymph *Ætna*, when pregnant, begged Jupiter to remove her from the pursuit of Juno, upon which he concealed her in the bowels of the earth; and when the time of her delivery arrived, the earth opened and brought into the world two children, to whom were given the name of *Palici*, *παλικοί*, because they came again into the world from the bowels of the earth. These deities were worshipped with many ceremonies by the Sicilians; and near their temple were two small lakes, which were supposed to have sprung out of the earth when they were born. Near those pools it was usual to take the most solemn oaths when any body wished to decide controversies and quarrels. If any of the persons who took the oaths were perjured, they were immediately punished supernaturally; and those whose oath, by the deities of the place, was sincere, departed unhurt. The Palici had also an oracle, which was consulted upon some great emergencies, and which rendered the truest and most unequivocal answers. In a superstitious age, the altars of the Palici were stained with the blood of human sacrifices; but this barbarous custom did not last long, as the deities were satisfied with the usual offerings.