Salamis ( ; Modern linguistic theories break the name down from the root sal- (meaning salt) and -amis (meaning middle), translating it to "the place amid salt water".) was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river-god Asopus.Pausanias, 1.35.2
Family Salamis’ mother was Metope, daughter of Ladon, another river god.Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1; Apollodorus, 3.12.6 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.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
Mythology Along with her sisters Corcyra and Euboea, Salamis also shared their fate after they were all carried away by Poseidon from their father.Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell) The god took her to the island which was named after her by Cychreus, their son who became the first king of the island.Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1–5; Apollodorus, 3.12.7; Pausanias, 1.35.2
In some accounts, she became the mother of Saracon by Zeus.Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21-23
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