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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)
    Place of death of
    👤 the Serpent of Cychreus
    Settled by
    👤 Telamon (Salamian)
    Settled from
    🌍 Aigina (island)
    Named by
    👤 Cychreus
    Eponym
    👤 Salamis (eponym) daughter of Asopos
    Ruled by
    👤 Telamon (Salamian)👤 Cychreus👤 Aias (the greater)👤 Eurysaces👤 Philaios (Salaminian)
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Stone of Telamon (Salamis)
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Stone of Telamon (Salamis) 🏛️ the Temple of Aias at Salamis 🎨 Ebony Statue of Aias (the greater) from the Temple of Aias at Salamis (Not Extant)
    Reported to have depictions of
    👤 Aias (the greater)🌍 Salamis (island)
    Related entities
    👥 the Salamis Contingent at Troy (attackers)👤 Telamon (Salamian)👤 Cychreus👤 Aias (the greater)🌍 Cythera (island)👤 Lycophron👤 Teucros (Salamian)🌍 Salamis (Cyprus)👤 Salamis (eponym)🌍 Aigina (island)🌍 Athens (Attica)👤 Philaios (Salaminian)🌍 Aulis (Boiotia)🏛️ the Stone of Telamon (Salamis)👤 the Serpent of Cychreus👤 Aiacos👤 Phocos (Aiginetan & Phocian)👤 Sciros (Salamian)👤 Theseus👤 Nausithoos (Salamian)👤 Phaiax (Salaminian)👤 Menesthes (Athenian)👤 Eurysaces🌍 Eleusis (Attica)👤 Eurylochos (Salaminian)👤 Helen👤 Heracles🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles👤 Zeus (Olympian)🌍 Cyprus (island)👤 Poseidon🌍 Phlious (Argolid)👤 Glauce (Salamian)👤 Periboia (Salamian)👤 Demeter👥 the Athenian Contingent at Troy (attackers)🌍 Nisaia (Megarid)🌍 Tripodiscos (Argolid)🌍 Polichne (Megarid)🌍 Aigeiroussa (Megarid)🌍 Helleni (Iberia)🌍 Amphilochoi (Iberia)🌍 Cape Achaion (Cyprus)🌍 Troy (Troad)👤 Apollo👤 Theonoe (Egyptian)🏛️ the Palace of Theoclymenos (Egypt)👤 Sciros (prophet)🌍 Salamis (island)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.8.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.7📖 Homer, Iliad 2.557-2.558📖 Homer, Iliad 15.429-15.441📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 799-819📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 439-478📖 Pausanias 1.35.2📖 Pausanias 1.35.3📖 Pausanias 1.36.1📖 Pausanias 2.29.6-2.29.10📖 Pausanias 8.15.5-8.15.7📖 Plutarch, Theseus 10.1-10.3📖 Plutarch, Theseus 17.1-17.6📖 Sophocles, Aias 134-171📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 143 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most📖 Hesiod, Great Ehoiai fr. 188 Most📖 Pindar, Nemean 2 1-15📖 Pindar, Nemean 4 44-72📖 Pindar, Isthmian 5 26-50📖 Diodoros, Library 4.72.3-4.72.4📖 Diodoros, Library 4.72.5-4.72.7📖 Strabo 9.1.9📖 Strabo 9.1.10📖 Strabo 3.4.3📖 Strabo 14.6.3📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 16.14📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 23.821📖 Sophocles, Aias 545-580📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 91 Hollis📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 38📖 Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 164-230📖 Euripides, Helen 68-133📖 Euripides, Helen 134-163
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadEuripides, Trojan WomenLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasPlutarch, TheseusSophocles, AiasHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Great EhoiaiPindar, Nemean 2Pindar, Nemean 4Pindar, Isthmian 5Diodoros, LibraryStraboD-Scholia, IliadCallimachus, HecaleAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisEuripides, Helen
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Philochoros of Athens FGrHist 328 fr. 111📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 143 Most📖 Homer, Iliad 2.557-2.558📖 Philostephanos FHG fr. 35 = FGrHist 1751 fr. 23📖 Nicander fr. 42 Gow-Scholfield
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Megara (Argolid)🌍 Athens (Attica)
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