Selinousia (lake)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 12, 2026 10:00 PM
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599932
37.9868584587, 27.3043270666
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Gebekirse Gölü (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Σελινουσία λίμνη (Selinousia limen: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Gebekilise Gölü (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Gebekirse Gölü (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- Selinousia L. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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lake
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 E2 Selinousia L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gebekilise Gölü
C. Foss, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Selinousia (lake): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599932> [accessed: 17 July 2026]
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