(Polybius, Pausanias), 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. Panormus N. Lat. 38° 30′—A sixth Panormus of the Thracian Chersonesus, 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 Ceramni, below the citadel Chimera.—A third of Ionia (Strabo); near Ephesus, with the temple of the Egyptian Diana.