Selinus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Selinus (/ˈsɛlɪnəs/; Template:Lang-grc-gre, 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.[1] Ion agreed to this and on his father-in-law's death, he became king of the Aegialians.[2][3]
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.
The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)
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