Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . teways, still exist, and coins as well as pieces ofancient brick and pottery—the never failing indi-cations of an ancient site — are found scatteredthroughout the island. The circuit of the latterdoes not exceed a mile and a half, and it is inha-bited only by a few fishermen ; but is not devoid of MOXOENE. S75 fertility. (Smyths Sicily, pp. 235, 236.) The con-fined space on which the city was built agreeswith the description of Diodorus that the houseswere lofty and of solid construction, with narrowstreets {arevwirol) between them, which facilitatedth
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . teways, still exist, and coins as well as pieces ofancient brick and pottery—the never failing indi-cations of an ancient site — are found scatteredthroughout the island. The circuit of the latterdoes not exceed a mile and a half, and it is inha-bited only by a few fishermen ; but is not devoid of MOXOENE. S75 fertility. (Smyths Sicily, pp. 235, 236.) The con-fined space on which the city was built agreeswith the description of Diodorus that the houseswere lofty and of solid construction, with narrowstreets {arevwirol) between them, which facilitatedthe desperate defence of the inhabitants. (Diod. ,51.) It is a singular fact that, though we have noaccount of Motya having received any Greek po-pulation, or fallen into the hands of the Greeksbefore its conquest by Dionysius, there exist coins ofthe city with the Greek legend are, however, of great rarity, and are ap-parently imitated from those of the neighbouringcity of Segesta. (Eckhel, ) [E. ]. COIN OF MOTYA. MOTYCA, or MUTYCA (MfProwa, Ptol.: , Cic. et Phn.: 3Iodica), an inland townin the SE. of Sicily, between Syracuse and Cama-rina. It was probably from an early period a de-pendency of Syracuse; and hence we meet with nomention of its name until after the Roman conquestof Sicily, when it became an independent niuni-cipium, and apparently a place of some tells us that previous to the exactions ofVerres, its territory (the ager Slutycensis) sup-ported 187 farmers, whence it would appear to havebeen at once extensive and fertile. (Cic. 43, 51.) Motyca is also mentioned among theinland towns of the island both by Pliny and Pto-lemy; and though its name is not found in theItineraries, it is again mentioned by the Geographerof Pavenna. (Plm. iii. 8. § 14; Ptol. iii. 4. § 14;Geogr. Rav. v. 23.) Silius Italicus also includes itin his list of Sicilian cities, and immediately asso-ciates it with
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