Selinus (Laconia)

Coordinates: 37°01′30″N 22°40′59″E / 37.0251°N 22.683003°E / 37.0251; 22.683003
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Selinus or Selinous (Ancient Greek: Σελινοῦς) was a village in the north of ancient Laconia, described by Pausanias as 20 stadia from Geronthrae; but as Pausanias seems not to have visited this part of Laconia, the distances may not be correct.[1]

Its site is located northwest the modern Geraki.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "22.8". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Selinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

37°01′30″N 22°40′59″E / 37.0251°N 22.683003°E / 37.0251; 22.683003