Selemnos

Selemnos

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Infobox River
river_name=Selemnos
"Σέλεμνος"
origin=Achaia prefecture
basin_country=Greece
length=approximately 20 km
mouth_elevation=Gulf of Corinth
watershed=Ionian Sea

Selemnos, Latin and ancient form: Selemnus (Greek: Σέλεμνος), is a river in the northern part of the Achaia prefecture. The river flows entirely in municipality of Rio and empties into the Gulf of Corinth.

Places within the river

*Kastritsi

Geography

The river begins in the north side which passed from Kastritsi where it is also named Kastritsianiko (Καστριτσιάνικο), it empties into the Gulf of Corinth.

History

In Greek mythology, Selemnus was a shepherd who loved a Nymph Argyra, one time which abandoned and Selemnus died from all the pressure. That time, the goddess Aphrodite made a river. For Selemnus which wrote and became a tale by Rena Galanaki in "Mnimi tou erota, lithi tou erota" ("Μνήμη του έρωτα, λήθη του έρωτα") in the book "Ena schedon galazio cheri" (" σχεδόν γαλάζιο χέρι") (Kastaniotis, 2004) and one poem "Sto Kastritsianiko potami" ("Στο Καστριτσιάνικο ποτάμι" = "By The Kastritsianiko River") by Thodoris Gkonia and Nikos Xydakis.

External links

* [http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosSelemnos.html Selemnos on theoi.com]

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