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CARINI
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V05,
Page 336
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARINI , a See also:town in the See also:province of See also:Palermo, See also:Sicily, 13 M. by See also:rail W.N.W. of Palermo . Pop . (1901) 13,931 . On the See also:coast are some ruins of the See also:ancient Hyccara, the only Sican See also:settlement (probably a fishing See also:village) on the coast . It was stormed and taken by the Athenians in 415 B.C., and the inhabitants, among them the famous courtesan Lais, sold as slaves . At La Grazia See also:Christian catacombs have been found (Not. degli Scavi, 1899, 362) . |
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