Engyon
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Engyon
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Engyon is an ancient town of the interior of Magna Graecia in Sicily, a Cretan colony, according to Diodorus Siculus and famous for an ancient temple of the Magna Mater imported from Crete, which aroused the greed of Verres. It took its name from a spring that arose in the land chosen by the colonists, as explained in the following excerpt from Diodorus: Timoleon attacked the city, while the tyrant Leptines was the ruler. After he defeated the Leptines, he restored its autonomy. Its site is unce
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engyon
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2024-01-23T22:15:23Z
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