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Salamis (
SAL -ə-miss ;
Ancient Greek : Σαλαμίς ) was a
nymph in
Greek mythology , the daughter of the
river-god
Asopus
[1] and
Metope , daughter of
Ladon , another river god.
[2] She was sister to
Corcyra ,
Sinope ,
Aegina ,
Peirene ,
Cleone ,
Thebe ,
Tanagra ,
Thespia ,
Asopis ,
Ornea ,
Chalcis (
Euboea ),
Harpina ,
Antiope ,
Nemea ,
Plataea (
Oeroe ),
Pelagon (
Pelasgus ) and
Ismenus .
[3]
Mythology
Along with her sisters Corcyra and Euboea, Salamis also shared their fate after they were all carried away by
Poseidon from their father.
[4] The god took her to the island which was named
after her by
Cychreus , their son who became the first king of the island.
[5]
In some accounts, she became the mother of
Saracon by
Zeus .
[6]
Notes
^
Pausanias , 1.35.2
^
Diodorus Siculus , 4.72.1; Apollodorus, 3.12.6
^
Corinna , fr. 654 (trans. Campbell); Diodorus, 4.72.1; Apollodorus, 3.12.6; Pausanias, 2.5.1-2, 2.6.1, 2.6.4, 2.15.1, 2.15.3, 2.29.2, 5.22.6 , 9.1.1-2, 9.3.1, 9.4.4, 9.20.1 & 9.26.6
^ Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell)
^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1–5; Apollodorus, 3.12.7; Pausanias, 1.35.2
^
Pseudo-Clement , Recognitions 10.21-23
References
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by
Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes.
Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8.
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Pausanias , Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
ISBN
0-674-99328-4 .
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Pseudo-Clement , Recognitions from
Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867.
Online version at theio.com