Selino(u)s (river near Krestena)

natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD

One of two rivers in the Peloponnese that bore this name, this Selino(us) was a late, left tributary of the Alpheious that flows past modern Krestena (the ancient city of Selino(u)s) and Makrisia (ancient Skillous) in the modern Elis Regional District. It is known today as the Selinountas or Selinous potamos.

Coordinates

37.60053, 21.60812

Also known as

Selinos, Selinountas (el), Selinous (el), Selinous potamos (ho) (grc), Σελινούντας (el), Σελινούς (el), Σελινοῦς ποταμός (ὁ) (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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