Crimisus or Crinisus is an
ancient Greek river name in
Sicily. The name was derived from
Crinisus
CRIMISUS or CRIMISSUS (Κριμισός, Lycophr., Dionys.; Κριμησός, Plut.; Κριμισσός, Ael.), a river of Sicily, in the neighbourhood of Segesta, celebrated for the great battle fought on its banks in B.C. 339, in which Timoleon, ...
and it corresponds either to the modern Freddo or Caltabellota
on northwest Sicily. It is formed by two rivers that meet at about from
Castellammare del Golfo in the
province of Trapani. The western river starts from ''Monte Busecchio'' near
Calatafimi and the eastern river from the ''Gola di Sorice'' near
Alcamo. The two rivers are also traditionally called the "hot river" (western) and the "cold river" (eastern) and in Italian language the Crinisus is called Fiume Freddo that means ''cold river''.
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Rivers of Italy
Crinisus
CRIMISUS or CRIMISSUS (Κριμισός, Lycophr., Dionys.; Κριμησός, Plut.; Κριμισσός, Ael.), a river of Sicily, in the neighbourhood of Segesta, celebrated for the great battle fought on its banks in B.C. 339, in which Timoleon, ...
Rivers of the Province of Trapani
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