Aetna (city)

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ΑΙΤΝΑΙΟΝ Head of bearded Silenus to the right; beneath, scarabaeus. Zeus Aitnaios seated. In the field an eagle on a pine-tree
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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.

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