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Selemnos

River in Greece

Field	Value
name	Selemnos
native_name	el
source1_location	Panachaiko
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Greece
length	approximately 20 km
mouth_location	Gulf of Corinth
mouth_coordinates

Selemnos (Ancient Greek: Σέλεμνος, ) is a river in the northern part of Achaea, Greece. The river flows entirely in the municipal unit of Rio and empties into the Gulf of Corinth.

Geography

The river begins on the northwest side of the Panachaiko mountain. It passes along the villages Ano Kastritsi and Kato Kastritsi. It empties into the Gulf of Corinth, east of the Rio-Antirrio bridge. The lower course of the river is also called Kastritsianiko (Καστριτσιάνικο).

Mythology

Main article: Selemnus (god)

In Greek mythology, Selemnus was a shepherd who loved the nymph Argyra, who eventually abandoned him and Selemnus died of grief. That time, the goddess Aphrodite made him a river, the waters of which were believed to cure of unrequited love.

The story of Selemnus is referenced in 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 (Ένα σχεδόν γαλάζιο χέρι) (Kastaniotis, 2004) and one poem Sto Kastritsianiko potami (Στο Καστριτσιάνικο ποτάμι = By The Kastritsianiko River) by Thodoris Gkonia and Nikos Xydakis.

References

[[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 7. 23. 1 - 3

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