Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . lta Sicilia, vol. i. pt. ii.)Ancient writers mention the existence in the territoryof Segesta <jf thermal springs or waters, which seemto have enjoyed considerable reputation (to ^epixa•Sara Alyi(TTa7a, Strab. vi. p. 275 ; ^ep/xa. \ovrpara. EyefTTaTa, Diod. iv. 23). These are apparentlythe sulphureous springs at a spot called Calametti,about a mile to the N. of the site of the ancient city.(Fazell. Sic. vii. 4.) They are mentioned in theItinerary as Aquae Segestanae sive Pincianae(/</«. .Ant. p. 91); but the origin of the latter nameis wholly unk
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . lta Sicilia, vol. i. pt. ii.)Ancient writers mention the existence in the territoryof Segesta <jf thermal springs or waters, which seemto have enjoyed considerable reputation (to ^epixa•Sara Alyi(TTa7a, Strab. vi. p. 275 ; ^ep/xa. \ovrpara. EyefTTaTa, Diod. iv. 23). These are apparentlythe sulphureous springs at a spot called Calametti,about a mile to the N. of the site of the ancient city.(Fazell. Sic. vii. 4.) They are mentioned in theItinerary as Aquae Segestanae sive Pincianae(/</«. .Ant. p. 91); but the origin of the latter nameis wholly unknown. The coins of Segesta have the figure of a dog onthe reverse, which evidently alludes to the fable ofthe river-god Criniisus, the mythical parent ofAegestus, having assumed that form. { 550, V. 30; Eckhel, vol. ) The older coins(as already observed) uniformly write the nameSETESTA, as on the one annexed: those of laterd;ite, which are of ,opper only, bear the legendEFESTAinN (Eckhel, I. c. p. 236). [E. H. B.]. COIN OF SEGESTA. SEGESTA (Sestri), a town on the coast of Li-guria, mentioned by Pliny, in describing the coast ofthat country from Genua to the Macra. (Plin. s. 7.) He calls it Segesta Tigulliorum; so that itseems to have belonged to a tribe of the naine of theTigullii, and a town named Tigullia is mentioned byhim just before. Segesta is commonly identified witliSestri (called SestrH di Levante to distinguish itfrom another place of the name), a considerabletown about 30 miles from Genoa, while Tigullia isprobably i-epresented by Trcgoso, a village about 2miles further inland, where there are considerablePioman remains. Some of the MSS. of Pliny, in-deed, have Tigullia intus, et Segesta Tigulliorum,which would seem to point clearly to this position ofthe two places. (Sillig, ad loc.) It is probable,also, that the Tegulata of the Itineraries ( p. 293) is identical with the Tigullia ofPliny. [E. H. B.] SEGESTA, or SEGESTICA. [Si
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