The city of Leontini as regards its general position is turned to the north.
Through the middle of it runs a level valley in which stand the government offices, the law courts, and the agora in general.
On each side of this valley runs a ridge precipitous from end to end, the flat ground above the brows of these ridges being covered with houses and temples.
The town has two gates, one at the southern end of the above-mentioned valley leading towards <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syracuse&groupId=994&placeId=1753">Syracuse</a>, and the other at its northern end leading to the so‑called Leontine plain and the arable land.
Under the one ridge, that on the western side, runs a river called the Lissus,
and parallel to it just under the cliff stands a row of houses between which and the river is the road I mentioned. . . .
Walbank Commentary