Selloi
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The Selloi (Greek: Σελλοί) were inhabitants of Epirus in ancient Greece, in a region between Dodona — site of the oldest reported oracle — and the Achelous river; Aristotle named the area ancient Hellas. A group who were formerly called Graecians and later Hellenes lived there as well.[1] According to Homer, they were priests of the Dodonian Zeus.[2]
See also
- Greeks (names)
- Dodona
- Names of the Greeks
References
- ^ Aristotle, Meteorologica, Book 1 Part 14
- ^ "King Zeus, lord of Dodona, god of the Pelasgi, who dwellest afar, you who hold wintry Dodona in your sway, where your prophets the Selloi dwell around you." Homer, Iliad, book 16, 233–235.