 Hybla Heraea is called by Stephanus of Byzantium "Hybla the Less or Hybla the Least" (), in distinction to Hybla Major and Hybla Minor, and surnamed Hera or Heraea (, ).Of the cities of Sicily bearing the name "Hybla", it is much the least known from ancient sources.No allusion to it is found in Pausanias, where he is distinguishing Hybla Major from Hybla Minor, nor in any of the geographers