The historical events more regarding antichi the ispicese shoreline go back to the First Punica War. In the 255 a.C., the fleet sent from the roman Senate in aid to Attilio Regolo, to the return from Africa, was picked from a storm near Camarina and of 364 ships (540 according to Diodoro) only 80 saved itself. All the coast until Head Soothes was covered of corpses and sfasciate ships. “It does not exist example in the history”, says Polibio, “of a marine disaster more serious than this”.

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The most ancient regarding testimony our shoreline, in particular Porto Ulisse, is that one of Licofrone, tragic and erudite Greek of the III to C., that it says: "The sicana wave that the sfrega around, just beside Pachino, trace the sign on the high cape, to which the son of Sisifo [Ulisse] in future it will give the name; sanctuary of the Vergine Longatide, lofty reputation, in the point in which the reversed Eloro its icy current.” And after: “The scoglio to insulare of Pachino it will have a cenotafio venerato of that it is buried dinanzi to the currents of the Eloro, erected from the arms of the getlteman [Ulisse], as a result of a dream. It, terrified from the ira of the Goddess from the three necks, since was he launch the first pebble of the lapidazione, neighbor to the rivers, for the sventurata one, will make the libagioni and will offer the primizie of the sacrifice to Ade of the black ones flutti".

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tratti da M. Trigilia dal libro “Storia e guida di Ispica” – So.Ge.Me Editore – luglio 1988
Fonte web: ispicaweb