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69 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter S
   One of these maidens was Segesta or Egesta, with whom the river god Crimissus, in the shape of a bear or a dog, begot Aegestus, Egestus or Acestes, by whom Egesta in Sicily was built. (26.71)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter A
   When Egesta arrived in Sicily, the river-god Crimisus in the form of a bear or a dog begot by her a son Acestes, who was afterwards regarded as the hero who had founded the town of Segesta. (17.77)

3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter S
   Its name is always written by the Attic and other contemporary Greek writers EGESTA ( (15.21)

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