GELA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, generally and almost certainly identified with the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• TERRANOVA

Terranova (q.v.) . It was founded by Cretan and Rhodian colonists in 688 B.C., and itself founded Acragas (see See also:

• AGRIGENTUM (Gr. 'Arcpayas, mod. Girgenti (q.v.))

AGRIGENTUM) in 582 B.C . It also had a treasure-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• OLYMPIA

Olympia . The See also:

• TOWN

town took its name from the See also:

• RIVER

river to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east (See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides vi . 2), which in turn was so called from its See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
• FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)

frost (yiXa in the Sicel See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect; cf . See also:

• LAT

Lat. gelidus) . The Rhodian settlers called it Lindioi (see LINDUS) . Gela enjoyed its greatest prosperity under See also:

• HIPPOCRATES

Hippocrates (498-491 B.C.), whose dominion extended over a considerable See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . Gelon, who seized the tyranny on his See also:

• DEATH

death, became See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse in 485 B.C., and transferred his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital thither with See also:

• HALF

half the in-habitants of Gela, leaving his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• HIERO (strictly HIERON)

Hiero to See also:

• RULE

rule over the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . Its prosperity returned, however, after the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of See also:

• THRASYBULUS

Thrasybulus in 466 B.c.,1 but in 405 it was besieged by the Carthaginians and abandoned by See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius' See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, after his failure (perhaps See also:

• CLUE

clue to treachery) to drive the besiegers away (E . A . See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

Freeman, Hist. of Sic. iii .

562 seq.) . The inhabitants later returned and rebuilt the town, but it never regained its position . In 311 B.C . See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles put to death 5000 of its inhabitants; and finally, after its destruction by the Mamertines about 281 B.C., Phintias of Agrigentum transferred the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder to the new town of Phintias (now See also:

• LICATA

Licata, q.v.) . It seems that in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times they still kept the name of Gelenses or Geloi in their new See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode (Th . See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen in C.I.L. x., See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1883, p . 737) . (T .