Dittaino

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The Dittaino (Greek: Χρύσας; Latin: Chrysas) river is a river of Sicily which rises in the Heraean Mountains, not far from the modern town of Gangi, and after flowing through the territory of Assorus, where its tutelary divinity was worshipped with peculiar honors, and afterwards through that of Agira (ancient Agyrium), joins the River Symaethus (modern Simeto) about 30 km from its mouth. (Cic. Verr. iv. 4. 4; Diod. xiv. 95; Vib. Sequest. p. 8; Sil. Ital. xiv. 229; Cluver. Sicil. p. 325.)

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The modern name is the Sicilian version of Arab vocable Wadi at’Tain namely "The River of Mire" [1] [2].

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).