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  • Source: Selinus (mythology)

    • In Greek mythology, Selinus (; Ancient Greek: Σελινούς, romanized: Selinoús, Modern: Σελινούντας Selinoúntas) was a native king of Aegalea (Ἀιγάλεια Aigáleia) in Achaea. The kingdom which used to exist is located in the present-day Aigio.


    Mythology


    Selinus who being at war with Ion, offered him his only daughter Helice and proposed to adopt him as son and successor. Ion agreed to this and on his father-in-law's death, he became king of the Aegialians.


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    References


    Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
    Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
    Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

    The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)

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