. , or Panope (naeoVn,Thuc; Uavoirevs : Agio Vlasi), an ancient townin Phocis on the Cephissus and near the frontiersof Boeotia, twenty stadia W. of Chaeronea, saidto have been founded bv Panopeus, son ofPhocus (Hes. ap. Strab. p. 424; Hdt. viii. 34 ;Ov. Met. iii. 19). Panopolis. [Chemmis.] Panoptes. [Argus.] Punormus (Uauopnos), that is, All-Port, ora place always fit for landing, the name ofseveral harbours. 1. (UavopiUTi)s, Panorinita,Panormitanus: Palermo), an important townon the N. coast of Sicily and at the mouth ofthe river O
. , or Panope (naeoVn,Thuc; Uavoirevs : Agio Vlasi), an ancient townin Phocis on the Cephissus and near the frontiersof Boeotia, twenty stadia W. of Chaeronea, saidto have been founded bv Panopeus, son ofPhocus (Hes. ap. Strab. p. 424; Hdt. viii. 34 ;Ov. Met. iii. 19). Panopolis. [Chemmis.] Panoptes. [Argus.] Punormus (Uauopnos), that is, All-Port, ora place always fit for landing, the name ofseveral harbours. 1. (UavopiUTi)s, Panorinita,Panormitanus: Palermo), an important townon the N. coast of Sicily and at the mouth ofthe river Orethus, was founded by the Phoeni-. Coin of Panormus In Sicily (beforu iVI ).Ofcc, head of Persephone and dolphins; rev., horses head ;name of town in Punic characters. cians, and at a later time received its Greekname from its excellent harbour (Thuc. vi. 2;Diod. xxii. 10). From the Phoenicians it passed into the hands of the Carthaginians, inwhose power it remained for a long time, andwho made it one of the chief stations for theirfleet (Diod. xi. 20, xiii. 88, xv. 17). It was takenby the Romans in the first Punic war, 254(Pol. i. 21, 38). It became a municipium withimmunities from taxation and considerable inde-pendence. Cicero notices its commercial pro-sperity (Verr. ii. 26, iii. 6, v. 7); but after the warwith Sextus Pompeius it lost its independence,and was made a Roman colony. (Strab. p. 272.)—2. (Porto Baphti), the principal harbour onthe E. coast of Attica, near the demus Prasiae,and opposite the S. extremity of Euboea.—3.(Tekieh), a harbour in Achaia, fifteen stadia the promontory Rliium (Th
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