• Selinus (Latin for Selinunte) was a city of ancient Sicily. Selinus may also refer to: Selinus (Cilicia), a city of ancient Cilicia, in Asia Minor Selinus...
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  • Piemonte Pompeii Rome Rhegion Sardinia Saepinum Sassi of Matera Segesta Selinunte Shrine of Hercules Curinus Sibari Sicily Siracusa Suasa Su Nuraxi di Barumini...
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    depicted the owl of Athena. Drachmas of Aegina depicted a chelone. Coins of Selinunte depicted a "selinon" (σέλινον, celery). Coins of Heraclea depicted Heracles...
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    herself, like a monstrous version of Hephaestus, and whelped in a cave in Cilicia. She gave the creature to Python to raise. In the Temple of Hera, Olympia...
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    books Houwink ten Cate, 1961, The Luwian Population Groups of Lycia and Cilicia Aspera during the Hellenistic Period (Leiden) p 166, noted in this context...
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    violators not to desecrate the tomb, like one example from Elaeussa-Sebaste in Cilicia: We adjure you by the heavenly god [Zeus] and Helios and Selene and the...
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  • Selinus south-west coast of Sicily, Italy abandoned-Marinella di Selinunte Selinunte Seleucia Pieria (Σελεύκεια Πιερία) south-eastern Turkey Çevlik Seleukia...
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    surrender to Rome. In Roman times, Salamis was part of the Roman province of Cilicia. The seat of the governor was relocated to Paphos. The town suffered heavily...
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    staircase Though first attested as early as the 5th century BC in Greek Selinunte, spiral staircases only become more widespread after their adoption in...
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    of the Temple of Concordia especially well-preserved. Along the coast Selinunte was destroyed about 250 BC by the Carthaginians and has the tumbled ruins...
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    a larger force in 409 BC, landed at Motya and stormed Selinus (modern Selinunte); which fell before Syracuse could intervene effectively. Hannibal then...
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  • seˈlini Moon Σελινοῦς Selinoûs Σελινούντα Selinoúnta seliˈnuda Selinus; Selinunte Σελλασία Sellasía Σελλασία Sellasía selaˈsia Sellasia Σερβία Serbía Σερβία...
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    Spiral staircase: The earliest spiral staircases appear in Temple A in Selinunte, Sicily, to both sides of the cella. The temple was constructed around...
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    Praxander. He adds that it was situated opposite to the town of Nagidus in Cilicia and possessed a harbour and docks. It was situated in the north of the...
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