Selinus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Eric Canales, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jackson N Miller, Erin Dooley, Lewin Ernest Staine, Jonathan Prag, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes
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History
A Greek colonial city located on the southern coast of Sicily, Selinus was said to have been founded as a colony of the city of Megara Hyblaia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462489
37.5882816559, 12.8248930865
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Selinunte (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Parco Archeologico di Selinunte (Italian, modern)
- Selinunte (Italian, modern)
- Selinus (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Σελινοῦς (Selinus: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Selinus founded by Megara (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Selinus founded by Megara Hyblaia (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Selinus connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Acropolis of Selinus located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea Minoa founded by Selinus (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Temple B (Selinus) located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple C (Selinus) located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple D (Selinus) located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple E at Selinus located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple F at Selinus located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple G at Selinus located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Demeter at the Sanctuary of Demeter Malophoros, Selinus located at Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Thermae Selinuntinae/Aquae Larodes founded by Selinus (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed bridge at Selinus located near Selinus (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement, archaeological site
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 47 B3 Selinus
- BTCGI XVIII, 596-678 (Stefania De Vido, Damiana Baldassarra, Tomaso Lucchelli, and Juliette de La Genière)
- De Angelis 2003
- Jonasch 2025
- Manni 1981 224
- Marconi 2007
- Mertens 1993
- New Pauly [4] Selinunte (C. Lienau et al.)
- PECS (Perseus) SELINUS (Selinunte) Trapani, Sicily
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) SELINUS
- ToposText Selinus (Sicily)
- TrecEnc s.v. "Selinunte." (Tusa, V. in Enciclopedia dell' Arte Antica, 1997)
- Wikipedia (English) Selinunte
- Related:
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- Arachne Akropolis von Selinunt Trapani (Provinz) (Selinus / Σελινοΰς), Italien
- DARE 22545
- DARMC 7511
- GeoNames 2523164: Parco Archeologico di Selinunte
- MANTO 11304146: Selinous (Sicily)
- TGN 7003848: Selinunte (deserted settlement)
- TM GEO ID 22286: Selinous (Selinunte)
- Wikidata Selinunte (Q952173)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2345124: Selinunte
- nomisma.org Selinus
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 B3 Selinus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Selinunte
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Eric Canales, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jackson N Miller, Erin Dooley, Lewin Ernest Staine, Jonathan Prag, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, and Greta Hawes, 'Selinus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462489> [accessed: 08 September 2026]
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