Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ed, the wheat is springing up. The generalstyle of the temples is Corinthian, but not so fioridas in less ancient towns. The tombs are scatteredfor a mile from the town, and are of many kinds,some cut in chambers in face of the rock, otherssarcophagi of the heaviest form: they have had in-scriptions, and the ornaments are almost all martial;several seats remain among the tombs. I canscarcely guess the number of temples or columnedbuildings in the town, but I certainly traced fifty Although apparently unnecessary for de-fence, the town has h
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ed, the wheat is springing up. The generalstyle of the temples is Corinthian, but not so fioridas in less ancient towns. The tombs are scatteredfor a mile from the town, and are of many kinds,some cut in chambers in face of the rock, otherssarcophagi of the heaviest form: they have had in-scriptions, and the ornaments are almost all martial;several seats remain among the tombs. I canscarcely guess the number of temples or columnedbuildings in the town, but I certainly traced fifty Although apparently unnecessary for de-fence, the town has had strong walls, partly builtwith large stones in the Cyclopean I neverconceived so high an idea of the works of the ancientsas from my visit to this place, standing as it does ina situation, as it were, above the world. It is tobe regretted that it was impossible by means ofinscriptions or coins to identify this place with theancient Selge more satisfactorily. (Comp. VonHummer, in the Wiener Jahrhucher, vol. cvi. p,92.) [L. S.]. COIN OF 956 SELGOVAE. SELGOVAE C^eXyooiat, Ptol. ii. 3. § 8), apeople on the SW. coast uf Britannia Barbara, inthe E. part of Galloway and in (p. 1194) derives the name of Solwayfrom them. [T. H. D.] SELINUS {) 1. A village in the northof Laconia, described by Pausanias as 20 stadiafrom Gerontlirae ; but as Pausanias seems not tohave visited this part of Laconia, the distances maynot be correct. Leake, therefore, places Selinus atthe village of Kosmas, which lies further north ofGerontlirae than 20 stadia, but where there areremains of ancient tombs. (Pans. iii. 22. § 8 ;Leake, Peloponneslaca, p. 363 ; Boblaye, Re-cherches, cj-c. p. 97 ; Curtius. Pelojmnnesos, vol. 304.) 2. A river in the Triphylian Elis, near Scillus. [SCILLUS.] 3. A river in Achaia. [Achaia, p. 13, b. No. 6.]SELINUS (SeAiroi^s: Eth. %i\ivovvrios, Seli- nuntius: Pu. at Torre dei Pulci), one of the mostimportant of the Greek colon
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