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Selinunte (Greek: Σελινοῦς; Latin: Selinus) is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the south coast of Sicily, southern Italy, between the valleys of the rivers Belice and Modione in the province of Trapani. The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only the Temple of Hera, also known as "Temple E", has been re-erected.
Selinunte was one of the most important of the Greek colonies in Sicily, situated on the southwest coast of that island, at the mouth of the small river of the same name, and 6.5 km west of that of the Hypsas (the modern Belice River). It was founded, according to historian Thucydides, by a colony from the Sicilian city of Megara, or Megara Hyblaea, under the conduct of a leader named Pammilus, about 100 years after the settlement of that city, with the addition of a fresh body of colonists from the parent city of Megara in Greece. The date of its foundation cannot be precisely fixed, as Thucydides indicates it only by reference to that of the Sicilian Megara, which is itself not accurately known, but it may be placed about 628 BCE. Diodorus places it 22 years earlier, or 650 BCE, and Hieronymus still further back, 654 BCE. The date from Thucydides, which is probably the most likely, is incompatible with this earlier epoch. The name is supposed to have been derived from quantities of wild parsley (Greek: σέλινον—selinon) that grew on the spot. For the same reason, they adopted the parsley leaf as the symbol on their coins.
From the Album:
* No promises no debts
She just found out what it's all about
She don't wanna be another face in the crowd
Gets on her feet
Starts walkin' out
Looks like she's got herself some sense of direction now
All the birds in the sky sing in harmony
Sound-track to the title-roll of a success movie
Featuring little miss make believe
Everybody wants her nobody gets her
It's part of the scheme
There's a shade of doubt – she's sellin' out
I'm glad that she proved the fact
There's still some a that balls around
I'm on the couch
She's on TV
Can't help thinkin' that she's laughin' right back at me
Listen all listen here comes my favorite line
I'll do anything just to save that career of mine
All right I don't know what she's doin'
Her feet ‘re gettin' too big for her shoes
But it sure beats the eight o'clock news
Gotta admit it yeah yeah
You just found out what it's all about
You don't wanna be another face in the crowd
Get on your feet
Start walkin' out
Looks like you got yourself some sense of direction now
Beyond a shade of doubt
You're sellin' out
I'm glad that you prove the fact
There's still some a that balls around
Listen all listen there's a favorite lie
I'll do anything just to boost that career of mine