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| Selemnos Σέλεμνος |
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| Origin | Achaia prefecture |
| Length | approximately 20 km |
| Mouth elevation | Gulf of Corinth |
| Basin area | 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.
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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.
In Greek mythology, Selemnus was a shepherd who loved a 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.[1]
The story of Selemnus is freferenced 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 ( σχεδόν γαλάζιο χέρι) (Kastaniotis, 2004) and one poem Sto Kastritsianiko potami (Στο Καστριτσιάνικο ποτάμι = By The Kastritsianiko River) by Thodoris Gkonia and Nikos Xydakis.
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