Segesta

[ si-jes-tuh; Italian se-jes-tah ]

/ sɪˈdʒɛs tə; Italian sɛˈdʒɛs tɑ /

Also Segeste. an ancient Greek and Carthaginian city in NW Sicily: near present-day Alcamo.

Example sentences from the Web for segesta

The envoys from Segesta positively wept with joy when they found themselves in possession of the long-lost treasure of their city.

Lords of the World |Alfred John Church
Such was the Artemis of Segesta, one of the noblest figures that ancient sculpture produced.

Lords of the World |Alfred John Church
Probably it was won from Segesta, that most hated Elymian neighbor.

Vacation days in Greece |Rufus B. Richardson
If the theatre of Segesta has no Etna behind it, the surroundings to the eye are in other ways grand.

In the Land of Temples |Joseph Pennell

Almost straight north, along the high-road to Castellammare, are the ruins of Segesta, a spot full of tragic memories.

Vistas in Sicily |Arthur Stanley Riggs