. was the object of contentionbetween the Aeoliuns and the Athenians in thewar in which Pittacus distinguished himself byhis valour and in which Alcaeus lost his shield.[Pittacus ; Alcaeus.] It was afterwards theresidence of the Pisistratidae, when they wereexpelled from Athens. (Strab. p. 599; 95.) Sigma (Signinus : Scr/ni), a town in Latiumon the E. side of the Volscian mountains, saidto have been founded by Tanjuinius Priscus 874 SIGEIUM SILARUS (Liv. i. 55; Dionys. iv. 63). It held a strongposition on a hill commanding the
. was the object of contentionbetween the Aeoliuns and the Athenians in thewar in which Pittacus distinguished himself byhis valour and in which Alcaeus lost his shield.[Pittacus ; Alcaeus.] It was afterwards theresidence of the Pisistratidae, when they wereexpelled from Athens. (Strab. p. 599; 95.) Sigma (Signinus : Scr/ni), a town in Latiumon the E. side of the Volscian mountains, saidto have been founded by Tanjuinius Priscus 874 SIGEIUM SILARUS (Liv. i. 55; Dionys. iv. 63). It held a strongposition on a hill commanding the valley of theTrerus and overlooking the plain towardsPraeneste. It was a Latin colony in the timeof the Punic wars, and was faithful to Borne(Liv. xxi. i. 10) ; and it was afterwards an im-portant municipal town. It was celebrated forits temple of Jupiter Urius, for its astringent•wine (Mart. xiii. 116; Strab. p. 237), for itspears, and for a particular kind of tesselatedpavement, called opus Signinum. There arestill remains of the polygonal walls of the. Gate of Signia. ancient town, including a gate which is aremarkable instance of Cyclopean building. Sigrium (Siypiov : Sigri), the W. promontoryof the island of Lesbos (Strab. p. 616). Sila Silva (Aspromonte), a large forest inBruttium on the Apennines, extending S. ofConsentia to the Sicilian straits, a distance of700 stadia. It was celebrated for the excellentpitch which it yielded. (Strab. p. 261.) Silanion (SiAai/iW), a distinguished Greeksculptor, was an Athenian and a contemporaryof Lysippus, about 324. The statues of Silanionbelonged to two classes, ideal and actual por-traits. Of the former the most celebrated washis dying Jocasta, in wbich a deadly palenesswas given to the face by the mixture of silverwith the bronze (Plin. xxxiv. 82). His statueof Sappho, which stood in the prytaneum atSyracuse in the time of Verres, is alluded toby Cicero in terms of the highest praise ( iv. 57, 125). Silanus, Junius. 1.
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