In the interest of conserving time I've decided to consolidate my visits to the remarkable archeological sites of Segesta, Selinus, and Akragas. Segesta The main tourist objects that attract a multitude of visitors annually to Segesta are the Doric temple constructed in the late 5th century B.C. and the theater. At first glance one would assume, from these structures, that Segesta was a Greek establishment but it was in fact Elymian. The Elymians were one of the three Italic Tribes of Sicily and Segesta was their political center. Segesta was in perpetual conflict with the Greek city of Selinus (Selinunte). Segesta's pleas for aid from Athens and later Carthage led to the horrific Athenian Expedition to Sicily (413-415 B.C.), wherein the Athenian expeditionary force was totally annihilated, and the total destruction of Selinus, respectively. Segesta remained
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