Description of Leontini
The city of Leontini taken as a whole faces north,
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and is divided in half by a valley of level ground,
in which are the state buildings, the courthouses, and market-place. Along each side of
this valley run hills with steep banks all the way;
the flat tops of which, reached after crossing their
brows, are covered with houses and temples. The city has two
gates, one on the southern extremity of this valley leading to
Syracuse, the other at the northern leading on to the "Leontine
plains," and the arable district. Close under the westernmost
of the steep cliffs runs a river called Lissus; parallel to which
are built continuous rows of houses, in great numbers, close
under the cliff, between which and the river runs the road I
have mentioned. . . .
