Sellades ( el, Σελλάδες) is a village in the municipal unit of
Kompoti
Kompóti ( el, Κομπότι, ) is a village and a former municipality in the Arta (regional unit), Arta regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas (munic ...
in the
regional unit of Arta,
Greece
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. In 2011 its population was 606 for the town and 714 for the community (including the village Alonia). Sellades is 1 km northwest of Kompoti and 10 km southeast of
Arta. The
Greek National Road 5
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/
E951
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Antirrio
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Agrinio
Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capi ...
- Arta -
Ioannina
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) passes southwest of the village.
Population
History
The origin of the name "Sellades" is disputed. According to one theory the first inhabitants of the village were
Selloi The Selloi ( el, Σελλοί) were an ancient Greek tribe inhabiting Epirus in ancient Greece, in a region between Dodona—site of the oldest reported oracle—and the Achelous river; Aristotle named the area ancient Hellas. A group who were fo ...
people from
Dodona
Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. Th ...
. Another theory states that the inhabitants were involved in manufacturing saddles ("sela"), or that the village is shaped like a saddle.
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
described the area of
Makrynoros as ''Selaida'' (Σελαΐδα). Another theory is that the first inhabitants had as their last name ''Selladitis'' (Σελλαδίτης).
The first written reference to the village is in a
Venetian documents dating from 1696, saying that Sellades and the neighbouring village
Megarchi paid tribute to the Venetians.
External links
* http://www.sellades.com
Sellades on GTP Travel Pages
References
Populated places in Arta (regional unit)
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