principal city of the Elymi, an ethnic group described by Thucydides as Trojans who escaped the Trojan War and intermarried with indigenous Sicanians Nicias calls the Segestans "barbarians" (6.2.3) early 6th century Cnidians and Rhodians settle in Segesta allied with Athens from 480 archaeological remains: sanctuary, temple, theater left: didrachma of Segesta: nymph Aigiste, SEGESTAIIB