---
title: Geographical Fragments on Sicily
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Σικελίας
author: Philostephanus of Cyrene
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: History
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# Geographical Fragments on Sicily

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Σικελίας*

**Author:** Philostephanus of Cyrene

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## Text

### 691

γαίῃ δ’ ἐν Σικελῶν Τρινακρίδι χεῦμα λέλειπται αἰνότατον, λίμνη καίπερ ἐοῦς’ ὀλίγη, ἐχθρὸν ἀεὶ νήκτῃσιν, ὃ πρὶν ποσὶ παῦρα τινάξαι ῥηϊδίως ξηρὴν ἤλασεν ἐς ψάμαθον.

### 693.(t)

Dubium ... φ̣υ̣λά̣ττων ἅτερον κέστρον

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