Editing Selinunte (section)

==Art and other discoveries from Selinus==

*The '''Great Table of Selinus''' was discovered in the adyton of Temple G in 1871. It contains a catalogue of the cults practiced at Selinus and is therefore the basis for all attempts to determine the cults of the various temples of Selinus. It says "''The Selinuntines are victorious thanks to the gods [[Zeus]], [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]], [[Heracles]], [[Apollo]], [[Poseidon]], the [[Dioscuri|Tyndaridae]], [[Athena]], [[Demeter]], [[Persephone|Pasicrateia]] and other gods, but especially thanks to |eus. After the restoration of peace it was decreed that a work be done in gold with the names of the gods inscribed, with Zeus at the top and that it be deposited in the Temple of Apollo, and that sixtent [[talent (weight)|talent]]s of gold be spent on this.''"
*The figurative art recovered at Selinus is very important and much of it is kept in the [[Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas]]. The best examples of the distinctive [[Archaic Greece|archaic]] artistic style of Selinus are the metopes (most of which are discussed above in the context of their temples).
*The [[Ephebe of Selinus]] is a bronze statue of an [[ephebia|ephebe]] offering a libation, cast in a severe style, with features typical of the Greek West and dating to 470&nbsp;BC. Apart from the [[Ram of Syracuse]], it represents the only large-scale bronze work which has survived from Greek Sicily. It is kept at [[Castelvetrano]]. The discovery happened by chance in the Ponte Galera district near Selinunte, home to one of the Selinuntine necropolises. It was discovered by chance in 1882 by two young boys digging the earth hoping to find gold objects to sell from the rich tombs of Selinunte. It was likely laid in a clay sarcophagus and hidden during dangerous times as it was not part of a funerary collection. At the end of the Punic invasion the owners had never recovered it so it had escaped the clutches of the Carthaginians.
*The necropoleis have yielded a very large number of [[Pottery of ancient Greece#Orientalizing style|Proto-Corinthian]], [[Black-figure pottery#Corinth|Corinthian]], [[Rhodian vase painting|Rhodian]] and [[Black-figure pottery#Attica|Attic black figure vases]], but no unique local pottery since Selinus did not produce fine pottery.
*Some of the most valuable votive material was found in the Sanctuary of the Malophoros, such as terracotta statuettes, ceramics, incense-busts, altars, a bass-relief depicting the Rape of Persephone by Hades, and Christian lamps have been discussed above. These items are kept in the Museo Archeologico di Palermo and some of them are on display.

===Metopes of Selinus (gallery)===
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File:DSC00400 - Tempio C di Selinunte - Quadriga di Helios - Sec. VI a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple C <br />Quadriga of Apollo
File:DSC00401 - Tempio C di Selinunte - Perseo e Medusa - Sec. VI a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto crop.jpg|Temple C <br />Perseus kills Medusa
File:DSC00402 - Tempio C di Selinunte - Eracle e i briganti Cercopi - Sec. VI a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple C <br />Heracles and the Cercopes
File:DSC00403 - Tempio E di Selinunte - Artemide e Atteone - Ca. 450 a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple E <br />Artemis and Actaeon
File:DSC00405 - Tempio E di Selinunte - Artemide ed Encelado - Ca. 450 a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple E <br />Athena and Enceladus
File:DSC00406 - Tempio E di Selinunte - Zeus ed Hera - Ca. 450 a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple E <br />Zeus and Hera
File:DSC00409 - Tempio E di Selinunte - Eracle ed Amazzone - Ca. 450 a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple E <br />Heracles and Antiope
File:DSC00423 - Tempio F di Selinunte - Gigantomachia - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple F <br />Gigantomachy
File:DSC00410 - Tempio F di Selinunte - Gigantomachia - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple F <br />Gigantomachy
File:DSC00412 - Tempio Y di Selinunte sec. VIIa.C. - Europa rapita dal toro - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple Y <br />Europa on the bull
File:DSC00413 - Tempio Y di Selinunte sec. ViIa.C. - Danza - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple Y <br />Dancing scene
File:DSC00414 - Tempio Y di Selinunte sec. VIa.C. - Demetra e Kore su quadriga - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple Y <br />Demeter and Kore in a quadriga
File:DSC00415 - Tempio Y di Selinunte sec. VIa.C. - Traide delfica - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Temple Y <br />The Delphic triad
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===Terracotta statuettes (gallery)===
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File:DSC00148 - Statuette greche di korai offerenti, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Korai (maidens) with doves
File:DSC00151 - Statuette greche di korai offerenti, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Korai
File:Kouros greco, 550 aC, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Kneeling [[kouros]]
File:DSC00160 - Statuetta greca di offerente, del tipo ''tanagrina'', da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|[[Tanagra|Tanagrine]]-style offering
File:Testine di ex voto greci, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Heads of votives
File:DSC00152 - Testa di ex voto greco, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Head of a votive
File:DSC00154 - Maschera del 520-450 aC, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Female mask
File:DSC00155 - Sfinge, da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Sphinx
File:Sirena, 550 a.C. - da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Siren
File:DSC00162 - Buoi, sec. VI a.C. - da Selinunte - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Bulls at rest
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