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🌍 Salamis (island)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Sciras (alt. Salamis)  🌍 Cychreia (alt. Salamis)
    Information
    island off Attica
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580101
    Cult site of
    👤 Cychreus son of Poseidon👤 Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'
    Place of birth of
    👤 Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'
    Place of death of
    👤 the Serpent of Cychreus
    Settled by
    👤 Telamon (Salamian) father of Aias, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut
    Settled from
    🌍 Aigina (island) island off Attica
    Named by
    👤 Cychreus son of Poseidon
    Eponym
    👤 Salamis (eponym) daughter of Asopos
    Ruled by
    👤 Telamon (Salamian) father of Aias, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Cychreus son of Poseidon👤 Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'👤 Eurysaces son of Telamonian Aias👤 Philaios (Salaminian) son of Eurysaces
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Stone of Telamon (Salamis) location where Telamon watched his children sail to Aulis
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Stone of Telamon (Salamis)
    Related Entities
    👥 the Salamis Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent👤 Telamon (Salamian) father of Aias, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Cychreus son of Poseidon👤 Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'🌍 Cythera (island) island in the Aegean Sea👤 Lycophron son of Mastor, killed by Hector at Troy👤 Teucros (Salamian) son of Telamon and Hesione🌍 Salamis (Cyprus) city on Cyprus👤 Salamis (eponym) daughter of Asopos🌍 Aigina (island) island off Attica🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Philaios (Salaminian) son of Eurysaces🌍 Aulis (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🏛️ the Stone of Telamon (Salamis) location where Telamon watched his children sail to Aulis👤 the Serpent of Cychreus👤 Aiacos son of Zeus and Aigina👤 Phocos (Aiginetan & Phocian) son of Aiacos👤 Sciros (Salamian) hero of Salamis, associated with Theseus👤 Theseus Athenian hero👤 Nausithoos (Salamian) pilots Theseus' ship👤 Phaiax (Salaminian) lookout man for Theseus on trip to Crete👤 Menesthes (Athenian) Greek, grandson of Sciros👤 Eurysaces son of Telamonian Aias🌍 Eleusis (Attica) city in Attica👤 Eurylochos (Salaminian)👤 Helen Helen of Troy👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles used as a cloak👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Cyprus (island) island in the Aegean👤 Demeter Olympian goddess👥 the Athenian Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent🌍 Nisaia (Megarid) city in the Megarid🌍 Tripodiscos (Argolid) near Megara and Mt. Geraneia🌍 Polichne (Megarid) unlocatable city in Megarian territory🌍 Aigeiroussa (Megarid) unlocatable city in Megarian territory🌍 Helleni (Iberia) city in coastal Iberia🌍 Amphilochoi (Iberia) unlocatable city in coastal Iberia🌍 Cape Achaion (Cyprus)👤 Periboia (Salamian) daughter of Alcathous, wife of Telamon, mother of Aias🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Theonoe (Egyptian) daughter of Proteus and Psamathe🏛️ the Palace of Theoclymenos (Egypt) landmark in Euripides' Helen, located in the Nile delta, possibly at Pharos🌍 Salamis (island) island off Attica
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadEuripides, Trojan WomenLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasPlutarch, TheseusSophocles, AiasHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Great EhoiaiPindar, Nemean 2Pindar, Nemean 4Pindar, Isthmian 5StraboD-Scholia, IliadCallimachus, HecaleAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisEuripides, Helen
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