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Salamis

Σαλαμίς

(Σαλαμίς), a daughter of Asopis, and by Poseidon the mother of Cenchreus or Cychreus. (Paus. 1.35.2; Apollod. 3.12.7; Diod. 4.72.) From her the island of Salamis was believed by the ancients to have received its name.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.