Sicania

Sicily See Sicily. (Sicania, Sicilia, Trinacria). Lycidas 133; Eleg. 4. 5; Nat. Non 56; Damon. 3; P. L. (Canon) 4. 273; 3. 39; Tetrach. 2. 661; Reformation (2) Areopag. 4. 428; 2 Defens. 6. 288; Pro Se Defens. 6. 376; Eleg. 5. 66; Quint. Nov. 36; Contra Hisp. 7. 361. (See also.^tna, Enna, Scylla.) A large island in the Mediterranean, southwest of Italy; its triangular shape caused it to be called Trinacria. For explanation of “the hoarce Trinacrian shore” {P. L. 2. 661) see Charybdis. Milton tells us {2 Defens. 6. 288) that when in Italy he intended to continue his journey to Sicily, then under Spanish rule. He was interested in its natural features, such as Mount.^tna, and in of Theocritus. its a ociation with pastoral poetry, as the home Eleg. 4. 100; P. L. 283