Eryx
Ancient city · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.041, 12.588
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Sicily
History
Eryx was an ancient Elymian city in western Sicily, known in Greek and Roman sources as Eryx (Ἔρυξ). The settlement occupied the northern sector of the summit plateau of Monte Erice, distinct from the sanctuary of the Temple of Venus Erycina, and forms part of the site of the modern town of Erice.