Located on the northwestern Peloponnesian Peninsula near the city of Ephyre, the Selleeis River had two connections with the Trojan War.
Living in Ephyre by the Selleeis River, a woman named Astyocheia became the consort of the hero, Herakles (Heracles). Their son Tlepolemos (Tlepolemus) settled on the island of Rhodes, where he mustered a contingent of Rhodians for the assault on Troy.
Phyleus, father of the Achaian (Achaean) commander Meges, was the guest of a man named Euphetes who lived in Ephyre by the Selleeis River. Euphetes gave Phyleus an intricately made corslet as a guest-friend gift, which was passed down to Meges to wear at Troy.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 659; book 15, line 531 |