What the Sacred Contexts of the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE Tell Us
from Part I - Indigeneity and Locality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2026
This chapter illustrates and interprets the transformation of Segesta. More than any other Indigenous settlement in Sicily, this site was rapidly transformed in the span of about a century from a small community into a true polis, equal to its colonial Greek counterparts. The focus is on two of the three sacred areas of Segesta dating to Archaic and Classical periods, namely the sanctuary extra moenia of Contrada Mango and the sacred area of the North Acropolis, where a dialectic between Indigenous traditions and colonial innovation played out.
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