Salamis (mythology) explained

Salamis (; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Σαλαμίς) was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river-god Asopus^[1]

Family

Salamis’ mother was 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

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Diodorus Siculus]
3. [Corinna]
4. Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell)
5. Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1–5; Apollodorus, 3.12.7; Pausanias, 1.35.2
6. [Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. 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. . 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