Elymians
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right|thumb|250px|Approximate locations of the Elymians and their neighbors, the Sicani and the [[Sicels, in Sicily around 11th century BC (before the arrival of the Phoenicians and the Greeks).]] The Elymians () were an ancient tribal people who inhabited the western part of Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical antiquity.
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right|thumb|250px|Approximate locations of the Elymians and their neighbors, the Sicani and the [[Sicels, in Sicily around 11th century BC (before the arrival of the Phoenicians and the Greeks).]] The Elymians () were an ancient tribal people who inhabited the western part of Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical antiquity.
==Origins== According to Thucydides, the Elymians were refugees coming from the destroyed Troy. Instead, for Hellanicus of Lesbos, they arrived in Sicily coming from Italy, driven out by the Oenotrians. Furthermore, for the Greek historian, the Elymians would also have contributed to the formation of the Sicels.