Aetna (city)

This article is about the Ancient Greek city. For other cities, see Aetna (disambiguation).
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Aetna (Ancient Greek: Αἴτνη, Aítnē), was an ancient city of Magna Graecia in Sicily, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name, on its southern declivity. It was originally a Sicelian city, and was called Inessa or Inessum.[1]

  1. ^ Ἴνησσα, Thuc., Strabo; Ἴνησσον, Steph. Byz. v. Αἴτνη; Diodorus has the corrupt form Ἐννηδία.