Editing Elymians (section)

==Origins==
According to [[Thucydides]], the Elymians were refugees coming from the destroyed [[Troy]]. Instead for [[Hellanicus of Lesbos]] they arrived in Sicily coming from Italy, driven out by the [[Oenotrians]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Gli Elimi: storia e archeologia di Segesta, Erice, Entella|url=http://www.arkeomania.com/origineelimi.html|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.arkeomania.com}}</ref> Furthermore for the Greek historian, the Elymians would also have contributed to the formation of the [[Sicels]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Aloni|first1=Antonio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4E1gh8J_iiEC|title=Tra panellenismo e tradizioni locali: nuovi contributi|last2=Ornaghi|first2=Massimiliano|date=2011|publisher=Claudio Meliadò|isbn=978-88-8268-029-9|language=it}}</ref> 

The [[Elymian language]] is considered to have been a part of the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] language family. While an ancient tradition that the Elymians came from [[Troy]] – and were originally an [[Anatolian peoples|Anatolian]] people – is corroborated by archeological data, the more generally supported opinion is that Elymian was an [[Italic language]], with similarities to [[Classical Latin|Latin]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tribulato|first=Olga|date=2015|title=Interferenza grafemica ed interferenza linguistica nella Sicilia antica|url=https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/handle/10278/3663571/56765/FMM_9_002_Tribulato.pdf|journal=Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italia}}</ref> Hence an [[Italic peoples|Italic]] origin for the Elymians is considered to be more likely.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elimo|url=http://lila.sns.it/mnamon/index.php?page=Lingua&id=59|access-date=2021-12-26|website=lila.sns.it|language=it}}</ref> 

Greek historian [[Philistus]] refers to the presence of a people of [[Ligures|Ligurian]] origin, although he does not identify it with the Elymians.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Braccesi|first=Lorenzo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiTac40XVNEC|title=Hesperìa: studi sulla grecità di occidente|date=1993|publisher=L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER|isbn=978-88-7062-809-8|language=it}}</ref> In modern times, historians such as [[Heinrich Nissen]] and [[Karl Julius Beloch]] investigated the possibilities of a Ligurian origin following the numerous common [[epigraphic]] and [[toponymic]] references, still found in the cities of [[Lerici]], [[Segesta]] and [[Entella]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=ELIMI in "Enciclopedia Italiana"|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/elimi_res-6d24550d-8bae-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT}}</ref>

Apart from mythological tales, there is little known about the identity and culture of the Elymians. They are indistinguishable from their Sicani neighbours in the archaeological record of the early [[Iron Age]] (c. 1100–c. 700 BC). Thereafter they appear to have adopted many aspects of the culture of the Greek colonists of Sicily, erecting the temple at [[Segesta]] and using the [[Greek alphabet]] to write their own language. As yet, no one has succeeded in deciphering the [[Elymian language]].<ref name=":0" />
[[Image:Segesta, Tempio greco.jpg|right|thumb|The Elymian temple at [[Segesta]], [[Sicily]].]]