Gela

Gela, an ancient city on the southern coast of Sicily, near the site of the modern Terranuova. It was founded by a colony of Rhodians and Cretans, 690 B.C., and grew so rapidly that as early as 582 it was able to found a colony at Agrigentum, which was soon to outstrip Gela itself (see GELON). Here Æschylus died and was buried, 456 B.C., and here Apollodorus was born. In 280 its inhabitants were transplanted to Phintias.