Selinus (mythology)

In Greek mythology''', Selinus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛ|l|ɪ|n|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Σελινούς|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.<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.1.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Selinus 7.1.3]</ref> Ion agreed to this and on his father-in-law's death, he became king of the Aegialians.<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.1.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Selinus 7.1.4]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Graves, Robert|title=The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2017|isbn=9780241983386|pages=163}}</ref>

== Notes == <references />

==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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 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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