Selinousia (lake)

natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD

A wetland in the neighborhood of Ephesos, mentioned by Strabo, from which the temple of Artemis derived income. Modern scholars identify it with the modern Lake Gebekirse.

Coordinates

37.98686, 27.30433

Also known as

Gebekilise Gölü (tr), Gebekilise Gölü (tr), Gebekirse Gölü (tr), Gebekirse Gölü (tr), Selinousia L. (en), Selinousia L. (en), Selinousia limen (grc), Σελινουσία λίμνη (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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