Σελλοί

Σελλοί, οἱ,

• Selli, ancient inhabitants of Dodona, guardians of the oracle of Zeus, ἀμφὶ δὲ Σελλοὶ σοὶ ναίουσʼ ὑποφῆται ἀνιπτόποδες χαμαιεῦναι Il. 16.234; τῶν ὀρείων καὶ χαμαικοιτῶν . . Σελλῶν S. Tr. 1167; ἐν ἀστρώτῳ πέδῳ εὕδουσι, πηγαῖς δʼ οὐχ ὑγραίνουσιν πόδας E. Fr. 367, cf. Arist. Mete. 352b2, Str. 7.7.10. (Pi. (Fr. 59) understood ἀμφὶ δέ σʼ Ἑλλοί in Il. l.c., but this is an error acc. to Aristarch., cf. Hsch. s.v. Σελλήεις, though countenanced by Id. s.v. Ἕλλα and Ἕλα, where it is apparently derived from Lacon. ἕλλα seat (sc. of Zeus at Dodona).)