historian, the Elymians would also have contributed to the formation of the Sicels. Today the thesis for an Italic origin of the Elymians seems to be the...
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Elymian is the extinct language of the ancient Elymian people of western Sicily. Its characteristics are little known because of the extremely limited...
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Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands. Drepana was founded by the Elymians to serve...
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Segesta (category Elymians)
of the major cities of the Elymians, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. The other major cities of the Elymians were Eryx and Entella. It is...
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namely the Elymians and Sicels. The former are thought to be the next recorded people to settle Sicily. According to Hellanicus of Lesbos, Elymians were a...
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Elymus (mythology) (category Elymians)
Greek: Ἔλυμος, romanized: Élymos) was the supposed Trojan ancestor of the Elymians (Ἔλυμοι), an indigenous people of Sicily, in Greek and Roman legend. Elymus...
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Drepana (category Elymians)
before being pluralized to its present form. The town was founded by the Elymians to serve as the port of the nearby city of Eryx (present-day Erice), which...
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non-Indo-European or pre-Indo-European heritage include the Etruscans, the Elymians and Sicani of Sicily, and the prehistoric Sardinians, who gave birth to...
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Celtic Dacian: possibly very close to Thracian Elymian: Poorly-attested language spoken by the Elymians, one of the three indigenous (i.e. pre-Greek and...
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corresponding to the modern-day region of Apulia. Messapians Peucetians Daunians Elymians, who inhabited the western part of Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical...
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