Pisciotta is an Italian town and comune of the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania. According to legend, Trojans escaping from the …Pisciotta is an Italian town and comune of the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania. According to legend, Trojans escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city, Troy, founded Siris. Some of the inhabitants of the city later advanced westwards, following the vast valley of the Sinni river, up to the lake and to the Sirino mountain, near present-day Lagonegro, where they founded the city of Siruci. From here, they went to the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the beach of the Gulf of Policastro. Here they founded the colony of Pixous. This event is shown in a rare series of ancient coins, in archaic characters, with the names of Sirinos and Pixoes inscribed, referring respectively, to the populations of the two cities of Siris and Pixous, respectively. The name "Pixous" comes from the root "PYX", which derives from the Greek word for boxwood.
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