Inycum
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Inycum or Inycus (Ancient Greek: , Steph. Byz., or , Herod., or either or , Plato.), was an ancient town of Sicily, situated in the southwest of the island, on the river Hypsas (today the Belice).
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Inycum or Inycus (Ancient Greek: , Steph. Byz., or , Herod., or either or , Plato.), was an ancient town of Sicily, situated in the southwest of the island, on the river Hypsas (today the Belice).
It is principally known from its connection with the mythical legends concerning Minos and Daedalus; the capital of the Sicanian prince Cocalus, who afforded a shelter to the fugitive Daedalus against the Cretan monarch, being placed by some writers at Inycum, and by others at Camicus. (Paus. vii. 4. § 6; Charax, ap. Steph. B. s. v. .)
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