Eryx

Eryx is an old city of the Elymoi located in western Sicily. Though never formally a Greek colony, Eryx experienced the same gradual Hellenization as much of Sicily and often fell under the control of the tyrants of Syrakousai. Despite the heavy Greek influence, its great proximity to Carthage would see it often held by the Carthaginians, who would take advantage of its natural defenses and make it into a sizeable fortress until Hamilcar destroyed the city in 260 BCE to found a new city nearby called Drepanum.