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asked it of him, that he had asked and obtained it till the following night, and when asked by night, he said that he held it till the coming day.
Next adjoining is Tarentum and lapygia, which we will describe when we shall have first gone through the islands which lie off Italy, according to our original purpose; for we have always given the adjacent islands with every nation we have hitherto described, and since we have gone through Oenotria, which only, the people of ancient times named Italy we feel justified in keeping to the same arrangement, and shall pass on to Sicily and the surrounding islands.
SICILY is triangular in form, and on this account was at
first called Trinacria, but afterwards the name was softened
and it was changed into Thrinacia. note
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