“Troy, you mean.” I knew I was trying to fit that into the narrative, but Vito wasn’t so easy to fool.
“It seems that it may have been Troy. And it may not have. But what we know is that the Elymi came to western Sicily and established many settlements that are still here today, like Eryx, Egesta, Drepanon, Halyciae, and Entella.”
“I recognize some of these,” I said checking my notes. “Eryx…that’s Erice, right?”
He nodded his head.
“And Egesta is Segesta, Drepanon is Trapani…”
Again, a nod.
“But, I don’t know Entella and…and…”
“Halyciae,” Vito said. “Entella may be even older than the Elymi, but they are typically credited in the history books with founding it. Now it’s called Belice. Halyciae was called both Elima and Halyciae – I think these were two small settlements merged into
