Hybla

Hybla

In geography, Hybla may refer to any of several different sites in ancient Sicily [The circumstance that there were so many towns called Hybla in Sicily probably arose from the fact mentioned by Pausanias, that there was a local divinity of the name. (Paus. v. 23. § 6.)] :

*Megara Hyblaea
*Hybla Major, perhaps identical with Megara Hyblaea or with Hybla Gereatis
*Hybla Minor
*Hybla Gereatis
*Hybla Heraea, which might be Ragusa

In literature and poetry, "Hyblean" is used as an adjective related to honey. One of the ancient towns known as Hybla in Sicily was renowned for its honey; many associate this Hybla with Monte Iblei (figuratively Mount Hybla ["For example" Hunt, Leigh. "Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla" (1848), a book on pastoral poetry of Sicily.] ) in the modern Province of Ragusa.

In computing:
*TCP Hybla is a congestion avoidance algorithm for TCP.

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