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Selinus
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(Σελινοῦς/Selinoûs). Name of several rivers and towns.

[German version]

[1] Tributary of the Alpheius [1]

Southern tributary of the Alpheius [1] which enters west of Olympia, modern Krestena (Xen. An. 5,3,8; Paus. 5,6,6).

Lienau, Cay (Münster)

[German version]

[2] River in Achaea

River in Achaea, which originates on Mount Erymanthus near Leontium close to modern Vlasia, flows through the territory of Aegium and enters the Corinthi…

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Lienau, Cay (Münster), Lafond, Yves (Bochum), Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart) and Tomaschitz, Kurt (Vienna), “Selinus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 21 September 2020 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1107470>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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