Sélinonte

Sélinonte (Greek Σελινοῦς , Latin Selinus , Italian Selinunte ) is an old coastal Greek city very important of the south of the Sicily, great archeological site, located today between the valleys of Belice and Modione, on the territory of the commune of Castelvetrano (province of Trapani).

The site counts a very great number of Temple S, as well on the Acropole as on a hill located at the east (in particular, three joint temples E, F, G).

History

  • -628 (or -651): foundation of Sélinonte by the Dorien S of Mégara Hyblæa; the colony will last four centuries: it is known for its fertile ground allowing a full production of Blé. The large still visible temples today go back to this time.

  • -413 : after the Forwarding of Sicily, the city is destroyed by Carthage into -409, as brings it back Diodore of Sicily; it then undergoes the loss of 16.000 men and 5.000 prisoners. It is rebuilt by Greeks and Carthaginians, but remains under the control of Carthage.

  • -250 : the city is entirely destroyed at the time of the First Punic War.

Description

The old city

The Greek city was traced according to an about regular plan, with streets standardized to 9 m, 6,5 m and 3,5 m, provided with drains. Each small island had approximately 100 feet on side. One found in one of the houses the first Escalier in Colimaçon (Hélicoïdal) known until now.

All the buildings crumbled during the centuries following earthquakes. One of them still prevailed in 1956, and for this reason, the appropriateness of the rebuilding of the temples is discussed.

The German archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, DAI) carries out the excavations for a very long time.

; Drawings .

Among those, three adjacent temples are essential on the eyes of the visitors: south in north, the temples E, F, G, all doric, but very different between them, of time and style.

The temple E, of -460/-450, devoted to Héra, built on two former buildings, is doric periptery (6 columns out of 15)

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