Gela

[ jey-luh; Italian je-lah ]

noun

1. a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Example Sentences

There is a curious story related as to his death, which took place at Gela in 456 B.C.

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The Gela is at times a very violent stream, as the following description of Ovid bears witness.

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At Gela, in Sicily, there are 233 'potted' burials in an excavated graveyard, out of a total of 570.

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Small contingents also arrived, in answer to the call of Gylippus, from Gela and Selinus.

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He is to be distinguished from an older Apollodorus of Gela (342-290), also a writer of comedy, a contemporary of Menander.

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