There were Epirote (Skipetar) elements in Southern Italy; since several names were common to both sides of the Ionian Sea--Chaones, Molossi, Acheron, Pandosia. There were Pelasgians (whatever the Pelasgians may have been) also; as is to be inferred from the mention of the slaves of the colonists being so called. The name by which the south Italian stock, the parent stock of the Hellenes, is best denoted is uncertain. The adjective _Œnotrian_, from the Œnotri, is suggested. It is wholly unnecessary to assume the existence of a new stock for the population of ancient Sicily. The south Italians seem to have extended themselves to the island, and when we first find them there, we also find fresh evidence of their Greek character, as has already been shown in the geographical names of the Sikanian area. At the same time they must have fallen into two or more well-marked varieties; varieties which are easily accounted for. There were the earliest occupants of the island, and there were recent immigrants from Italy, differing from each other as the present Danes of Iceland do from the native Icelanders. For in this way I interpret the difference between the _Sik_-eli and the _Sik_-ani, not doubting that both come from the same root; although the authority of Thucydides is against this view. Thucydides’s account is as follows. In the western part of the island were the _Sikani_, from the river Sikanus, driven thence by the Iberians. Then came the Sikeli, driven from Italy by the Opiki. Thirdly, there were the Elymi of Eryx and Egesta, who were originally Trojans, but who escaped to Sicily, and settled themselves on the Sikanian frontier, having built the cities of Eryx and Egesta. A few Phocians (also from Troy) joined them, having first gone over to Libya. The Phœnicians held certain settlements on the southern coast; Motye, Soloeis, and Panormus. Lastly, came the Sikeliôts, or Greeks of Sicily, whose colonies were as follows-- _a._ Naxos from Khalcis in Eubœa; Leontini and Katana from Naxos.--Ionic. _b._ Syracuse from Corinth; Acræ, Casmenæ, and Camarina, from Syracuse. _c._ Megara from Megara; Trotilus and Selinus from Megara.--Doric. _d._ Gela from Rhodes and Crete; Akragas from Gela.--Doric. _e._ Zankle from the Campanian Cuma, itself Chalcidic in origin.--Ionic.