41/66 The reason why these precise numbers suggested themselves, is apparent from the similar adjustment (above explained, I.XIV.The Duodecimal System) of the measures of surface. I.X.Relations of the Western Italians to the Greeks 19. The "Trojan colonies" in Sicily, mentioned by Thucydides, the pseudo-Scylax, and others, as well as the designation of Capua as a Trojan foundation in Hecataeus, must also be traced to Stesichorus and his identification of the natives of Italy and Sicily with the Trojans. |