In Greek mythology, Selinus (/ˈsɛlɪnəs/; 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.
Notes
- Pausanias, 7.1.3
- Pausanias, 7.1.4
- Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 163. ISBN 9780241983386.
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.
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