Selinus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Selinus (; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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.^[1] Ion agreed to this and on his father-in-law's death, he became king of the Aegialians.^{[2] [3]}

Notes

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. Pausanias, 7.1.4
3. Book: [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]. The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. 9780241983386. 163.

References

• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017.
• 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. . 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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