The only clue to its position is that afforded by Herodotus, who calls it a city above Gela, by which he must mean further inland. Cluverius conjectures that it may have occupied the site of Butera, a town on a hill about 13 km inland from Gela, (Cluver.
Herodotus' account provides the only clue to the city's location, describing it as being situated above Gela and therefore further inland. Cluverius suggests that this city may have been located at the site of Butera, a hilltop town approximately 13 km inland from Gela.