SELINUS

sĭlīˈnəs, ancient city of Sicily. It was founded (628? b.c.) by Dorian Greeks. The constant rival of neighboring Segesta, Selinus got Syracuse to interfere in a quarrel, which led to the unsuccessful Athenian expedition in Sicily (415–413 b.c.). Segesta invoked the aid of the Carthaginians, who sacked Selinus in 409 b.c. The city was rebuilt, but it did not prosper and was finally destroyed by Carthage in 250 b.c. The ruins of the five Doric temples on the Acropolis of Selinus have been excavated, revealing some of the finest examples of archaic Greek sculpture and architecture.

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The Western Greeks: The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C
Book by T. J. Dunbabin; Clarendon Press, 1948
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy
...inferior version of Gela. The plain of Selinus, like the plain of Gela, to-day supports...but Castelvetrano, the successor of Selinus, turns its back on the sea and devotes...The present desolation of Megara and Selinus is an interesting commentary on Megarian...
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Geology and Settlement: Greco-Roman Patterns
Book by Dora P. Crouch; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: City Planning--Greece, City Planning--Rome, Engineering Geology--Greece, Engineering Geology--Rome
...History In several ways, the geology of Selinus has been closely related to its human...who also lived in the area north of Selinus, and were to some extent Hellenized by...1984). Of all the Sicilian cities, Selinus had the widest range of ethnic interactions...
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The Archaeology of Ancient Sicily
Book by R. Ross Holloway; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Antiquities, Prehistoric--Italy--Sicily, Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Sicily, Sicily (Italy)--Antiquities, Sicily (Italy)--Civilization--Greek Influences
84 Selinus, restored columns of temple E 1 67 85 Diagram of the Doric order...Museum, terracotta revetment from the Early Temple of Athene 69 90 Selinus, Temple C 70 91 Selinus, Temple D 71 92 Selinus, Temple F 71 93 Selinus, Temple G 71...
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A Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture
Book by Edmund Von Mach; Bureau of University Travel, 1905
Subjects: Sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Roman
...Olympia 47a.Perseus Slaying Medusa, metope from Selinus 1 Museum, Palermo 47b.Herakles carrying the Kekropes, metope from Selinus Museum, Palermo 48a.Four-horse Chariot, metope from Selinus. Museum, Palermo 48b.Votive Relief of Victorious...
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Greek Architectural Terracottas: From the Prehistoric to the End of the Archaic Period
Book by Nancy A. Winter; Clarendon Press, 1993
Subjects: Architectural Terra-Cotta--Greece, Architecture, Ancient--Greece
Third stage: the Selinus type roof with perforated floral lateral sima, 560-480 BC Selinus is credited with the introduction into Sicily...decoration , unless earlier types exist at Selinus itself. Together with the open-work anthemion...
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Seasonality and Children's Blood Lead Levels: Developing a Predictive Model Using Climatic Variables and Blood Lead Data from Indianapolis, Indiana, Syracuse, New York, and New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Journal article by Mark A.S. Laidlaw, Howard W. Mielke, Gabriel M. Filippelli, David L. Johnson, Christopher R. Gonzales; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
...the natural environment has on public health may be found in Selinus et al. (2005). Conclusion A conceptual model of child BPb...Central Los Angeles. Arch Environ Health 51 (5):383-388. Selinus O, Alloway B, Centeno JA, Finkelman RB, Fuge R, Lindh...
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Reviews Online
Journal article; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 92, 2010
Subjects: Art history, Books, Cultural identity, Fairs & exhibitions, Impressionism, New York, Photography, Sculpture
...Priyanka Basu. MARCONI, CLEMENTE. Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World.: The Metopes of Selinus, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Reviewed by Margaret M. Miles. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Tullio lombardo...
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New Books
Journal article; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: MIT Press
...ISBN: 1-86094 474-4, $76 Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health Olle Selinus Burlington, MA: Elsevier, 2005. 832 pp. ISBN: 0-12-636341-2, $99.95 Evaluation of Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug...
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Female Sexual Function in Neurologic Disease
Journal article by Claire C. Yang; The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 37, 2000
Subjects: Diabetes--Health aspects, Epilepsy--Health aspects, Multiple sclerosis--Health aspects, Neurologic manifestations of general diseases--Research, Neuropharmacology--Research, Parkinson's disease--Health aspects, Sexual disorders--Causes of, Spinal cord injuries--Health aspects, Women--Health aspects
...American Journal of Medicine, 107, 34S-42S. Ayton, R., Darling, G., Murkies, A., Farrell, E., Weisberg, E., Selinus, I., Fraser, I. (1996). A comparative study of safety and efficacy of continuous low dose oestradiol released from...
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Selenium and Mercury in the Brazilian Amazon: Opposing Influences on Age-Related Cataracts
Journal article by Melanie Lemire, Myriam Fillion, Benoit Frenette, Annie Mayer, Aline Philibert, Carlos Jose Sousa Passos, Jean Remy Davee Guimaraes, Jr. Fernando Barbosa, Donna Mergler; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Antioxidants (Nutrients)--Health aspects, Antioxidants (Nutrients)--Research, Antioxidants--Health aspects, Antioxidants--Research, Cataract--Care and treatment, Cataract--Research, Cataract--Risk factors, Cataracts--Care and treatment, Cataracts--Research, Cataracts--Risk factors, Selenium (Chemical element)--Health aspects, Selenium--Health aspects
...and toxicity in the environment. In: Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health (Selinus O, Alloway BJ, Centeno JA, Finkelman RB, Fuge R, Lindh U, et al., eds). London:Elsevier Academic Press, 373...
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Overstuffed Turkey Learns a Lesson; (1) 'BREATH OF FRESH AIR': Sandy and David Nicholls, Right, Opted for the Natural Beauty of Gazipasa, above (2) HIGH-RISE HARBOUR: Alanya, Left, and, above, the Sprawl That Overlooks It
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 27, 2008
Subjects: High rise buildings, Skyscrapers, Tall buildings
...four storeys and only five per cent of agricultural land canbe built on. We have a site of archaeological interest at Mount Selinus, where we havefound many ancient artefacts, and there will be no building there. There will,however, be a lot of building...


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encyclopedia articles on: Selinus  - 4 results

 
 
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Selinus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SELINUS sili n s, ancient city of Sicily. It...constant rival of neighboring Segesta, Selinus got Syracuse to interfere in a quarrel...the aid of the Carthaginians, who sacked Selinus in 409 b.c. The city was rebuilt, but...
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Segesta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the longstanding and bitter rival of Selinus. Athens undertook (415 413 b.c...troubles growing out of a quarrel with Selinus. After this failure, Segesta got the help of Carthage, and Selinus was sacked (409). Thereafter Segesta...
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Alcibiades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...forces. When the forces reached Sicily, he proposed an attempt to win allies rather than attacking the hostile cities of Selinus and Syracuse at once. Nicias carried out this policy to ultimate disaster. Alcibiades had meanwhile been summoned home to...
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Sicily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...southeast coasts Greeks founded (8th 6th cent. b.c.) such cities as Syracuse , Catania , Zancle (now Messina ), Gela , and Selinus and settled in older towns like Segesta . The Greek cities flourished and in turn founded such cities as Acragas (now Agrigento...


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