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SalamiV
Salamis
Of Salamis (island) |
SALAMIS was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Salamis on the island of the same name (in southern Greece).
She was a daughter of the River Asopos who was abducted to the island by the god Poseidon.
| PARENTS |
[1.1] ASOPOS (Corinna Frag 654, Apollodorus 3.161, Pausanias 1.35.2)
[1.2]
ASOPOS & METOPE (Diodorus Siculus 4.72.1-5) |
| OFFSPRING |
| [1.1] KYKHREUS (by Poseidon) (Apollodorus 3.161, Pausanias 1.35.2, Diodorus Siculus 4.72.1-5) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
SA′LAMIS (Salamis), a daughter of Asopis, and by Poseidon the mother of Cenchreus or Cychreus. (Paus. i. 35. § 2; Apollod. iii. 12. § 7; Diod. iv. 72.) From her the island of Salamis was believed by the ancients to have received its name.
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"Of these nine daughters [of Asopos]... while Korkyra and Salamis and lovely Euboia were stolen by father Poseidon." - Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Frag 654
"Kykhreus the son of Poseidon and Asopos’ daughter Salamis." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.161
"It is said that the first to give this name [Salamis] to the island was Kykhreus, who called it after his mother Salamis, the daughter of Asopos." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 1.35.2
"[In the temple of Zeus at Olympia are paintings] Salamis carrying in her hand the ornament made for the top of a ship’s bow." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 5.11.5
"Asopos made his home in Phlios, where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos and Ismenos, and twelve daughters, Korkyra and Salamis, also Aigina, Peirene, and Kleone, then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis ... Salamis was seized by Poseidon and taken to the island which was named Salamis after her; and she lay with Poseidon and bore Kykhreus, who became king of this island." - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.72.1-5
Sources:
- Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Fragments - Greek Lyric C5th BC
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC
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