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Salamis (other)
Salamis may refer to : Places and battles * Salamis Island in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, near Athens, Greece ** Salamina (city), former municipality on Salamis Island ** Salamis Naval Base, a Greek naval base on Salamis Island ** Battle of Salamis, 480 BC, between allied Greeks and Achaemenid Persian empire * Salamis, Cyprus or Constantia, an ancient city in Cyprus ** Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (450 BC), between Greeks and Persians ** Battle of Salamis (306 BC), between Ptolemy I and Demetrius * Salamis (ruin), site in Northern Israel that had formerly been a fortress Other uses * Greek battleship ''Salamis'', a dreadnought ordered in 1912 * Salamis (mythology), a nymph in Greek mythology * ''Salamis'' (butterfly), a genus in the family Nymphalidae * ''Salamis'' (novel), a 2020 book by Harry Turtledove * Salamis Tablet, a counting board (300 BC) discovered on Salamis Island See also * Salami Salami ( ) is a cured sausage consisting of fermented and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis Island
Salamis ( ; el, Σαλαμίνα, Salamína; grc, label=Ancient and Katharevousa, Σαλαμίς, Salamís) is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about off-coast from Piraeus and about west of central Athens. The chief city, Salamina, lies in the west-facing core of the crescent on Salamis Bay, which opens into the Saronic Gulf. On the eastern side of the island is its main port, Paloukia, in size second in Greece only to the port of Piraeus. Name The traditional etymology of Salamis derives it from the eponymous nymph Salamis, the mother of Cychreus, the legendary first king of the island. A more modern theory considers "Salamis" to come from the root ''sal'' 'salt' and ''-amis'' 'middle'; thus ''Salamis'' would be the place amid salt water. Other fringe theories have attempted to connect the name to the Semitic root Š-L-M 'health, safety, peace', because of the well-sheltered harbor, but have been for the most part rejected by the academic community. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamina (city)
Salamina ( el, Σαλαμίνα or, old-fashioned, ) or Kοullοuri ( el, Κούλλουρη, links=no; Arvanitika: ) is the largest town and a former municipality on Salamis Island in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Salamis, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is part of the Islands regional unit of the Attica region. The town lies in the northwestern part of the island. It had a population of 25,370 inhabitants at the 2011 census, some of them are Arvanites.Jochalas, Titos P. (1971): Über die Einwanderung der Albaner in Griechenland: Eine zusammenfassene Betrachtung On the immigration of Albanians to Greece: A summary" München: Trofenik. It was the municipal seat of the former municipality of Salamina, which had a land area of and comprised about 84 percent of the island (all except the easternmost central coast, which comprised the former municipality of Ampelakia Ampelakia ( el, Αμπελάκια, meaning vin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis Naval Base
The Salamis Naval Base ( el, Ναύσταθμος Σαλαμίνας) is the largest naval base of the Hellenic Navy. It is located in the northeastern part of Salamis Island (Cape Arapis), Greece and in Amphiali and Skaramangas. It is close to the major population centre of Athens. Most Hellenic Navy ships are based at Salamis, as well as many of its administrative, training and support services. The base employs approximately 10,000 naval and civilian personnel. History The first organized Greek Naval Base during the Greek War of Independence (1821 Revolution) was founded on Poros. The facility remained in use as the main naval base of the Royal Hellenic Navy until 1881 and is still used today for naval personnel training. Between January 1878 and April 1881, certain activities were transferred from Poros to the Faneromeni Monastery () and its surrounding area, on Salamis Island. On April 16, 1881, a Royal Decree directed that a new naval base would be built in Salamis, at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis ( ) was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC. It resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. The battle was fought in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, and marked the high point of the second Persian invasion of Greece. To block the Persian advance, a small force of Greeks blocked the pass of Thermopylae, while an Athenian-dominated Allied navy engaged the Persian fleet in the nearby straits of Artemisium. In the resulting Battle of Thermopylae, the rearguard of the Greek force was annihilated, while in the Battle of Artemisium the Greeks suffered heavy losses and retreated after the loss at Thermopylae. This allowed the Persians to conquer Phocis, Boeotia, Attica and Euboea. The Allies prepared to defend the Isthmus of Corinth while the fleet was withdrawn to nearby Salamis Island. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis, Cyprus
Salamis ( grc, Σαλαμίς, el, Σαλαμίνα, tr, Salamis) is an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, king of the Greek island of Salamis, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax. History Early history The earliest archaeological finds go back to the eleventh century BC (Late Bronze Age III). The copper ores of Cyprus made the island an essential node in the earliest trade networks, and Cyprus was a source of the Orientalizing Period, orientalizing cultural traits of mainland Greece at the end of the Greek Dark Ages, hypothesized by Walter Burkert in 1992. Children's burials in Canaanite jars indicate a Phoenicia, Phoenician presence. A harbour and a cemetery from this period have been excavated. The town is mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions as one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Salamis In Cyprus (450 BC)
The Wars of the Delian League (477–449 BC) were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies (and later subjects), and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. These conflicts represent a continuation of the Greco-Persian Wars, after the Ionian Revolt and the first and second Persian invasions of Greece. The Greek alliance, centred on Sparta and Athens, that had defeated the second Persian invasion had initially followed up this success by capturing the Persian garrisons of Sestos and Byzantium, both in Thrace, in 479 and 478 BC respectively. After the capture of Byzantium, the Spartans elected not to continue the war effort, and a new alliance, commonly known as the Delian League, was formed, with Athens very much the dominant power. Over the next 30 years, Athens would gradually assume a more hegemonic position over the league, which gradually evolved into the Athenian Empire. Throughout the 470s BC, the Delian League campaigned in Thrace and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Salamis (306 BC)
The naval Battle of Salamis in 306 BC took place off Salamis, Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Antigonus I Monophthalmus, two of the Diadochi, the generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought each other for control of his empire. Cyprus had been seized by Ptolemy, and was used as a base for operations against the Antigonid territories in Asia Minor and the Levant. In 306 BC, Antigonus sent his son Demetrius to invade the island, which was defended by Ptolemy's brother Menelaus. After landing on the northeastern part of the island, Demetrius marched to Salamis, defeated Menelaus in a battle, and laid siege to the city. This was the first time where Demetrius demonstrated his flair for siege warfare, which would later earn him the sobriquet Poliorcetes, "the Besieger". Nevertheless, Menelaus was able to hold off Demetrius' attacks until the arrival of reinforcements. Ptolemy led a large-scale rescue expedition in person, hoping to catch Demetriu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis (ruin)
Selamin ()( gr, Σελάμην), also known as Tzalmon, Selame, Salamis / Salamin, Zalmon, and ''Khurbet es Salâmeh'' (the Ruin of Salameh), was a Jewish village in Lower Galilee during the Second Temple period, formerly fortified by Josephus, and which was captured by the Roman Imperial army in ''circa'' 64 CE. Today, the ruin is designated as a historical site and lies directly south of the Wadi Zalmon National Park in Israel's Northern District. German orientalist, E.G. Schultz, was the first to identify the site in 1847. The site today is directly adjacent to the Bedouin village (formerly a Druze village), Sallama, towards the village's southeast, situated on a spur of a hill near Mount Salameh (now ''Har Tzalmon''), on the eastern bank of ''Wady es Salameh'' ("Valley of Salameh"), or what is known in Hebrew as ''Nahal Tzalmon''. The valley runs in a northerly-southerly direction, deriving its name from ''Khurbet es Salameh'', the said ruin of Selamin (Salamis) which forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Battleship Salamis
''Salamis'' ( el, Σαλαμίς) was a partially constructed capital ship, referred to as either a dreadnought battleship or battlecruiser, that was ordered for the Greek Navy from the AG Vulcan shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, in 1912. She was ordered as part of a Greek naval rearmament program meant to modernize the fleet, in response to Ottoman naval expansion after the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. ''Salamis'' and several other battleships—none of which were delivered to either navy—represented the culmination of a naval arms race between the two countries that had significant effects on the First Balkan War and World War I. The design for ''Salamis'' was revised several times during the construction process, in part due to Ottoman acquisitions. Early drafts of the vessel called for a displacement of , with an armament of six guns in three twin-gun turrets. The final version of the design was significantly larger, at , with an armament of eight 14-inch guns in four turrets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis (mythology)
Salamis ( ; grc, Σαλαμίς) was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river-god Asopus and Metope, daughter of Ladon, another river god. 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. Mythology Along with her sisters Corcyra and Euboea, Salamis also shared their fate after they were all carried away by Poseidon from their father. The god took her to the island which was named after her by Cychreus, their son who became the first king of the island. In some accounts, she became the mother of Saracon by Zeus.Pseudo-Clement, ''Recognitions'' 10.21-23 Notes 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 0-674-99135-4Online version at the Perseus Dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis (butterfly)
''Salamis'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. They are commonly known as mother-of-pearls and are found in Africa. Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god. Taxonomy The earliest description of species in this genus were published in the second half of the 18th century by Linnaeus, Drury and Fabricius in the genus ''Papilio''. In 1833, Boisduval created the genus ''Salamis'' with the description of '' S. augustina''. The three previously described species of ''Papilio'' ('' P. anacardii'', '' P. parhassus'' and '' P. cacta'') were then added to the genus ''Salamis''. Similarly, multiple species first described in the 19th century in the related genus of ''Junonia'' were later reassigned to this genus. Recent phylogenetic studies have supported the proposal to consider the group of ''Protogoniomorpha'', which was often considered to be a part of ''Salamis'', as a distinct genus. Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis (novel)
''Salamis'' is a historical novel written by Harry Turtledove), It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Arc Manor under its Caezik SF & Fantasy imprint in November 2020. It is the fifth book of the "Hellenic Traders" series of historical novels, previous volumes of which were originally issued under Turtledove's pseudonym H. N. Turteltaub. Plot summary In 306 BCE, the city-state of Rhodes strives to maintain its independence during the ongoing struggles for supremacy in the Near East between the successors of Alexander the Great, particularly Antigonos, who controls Asia Minor, and Ptolemaios, who rules Egypt. Forced to pick sides when Antigonos' son Demetrios arrives proposing an alliance against Ptolemaios, the Rhodians, whose prosperity depends largely on trade with Egypt, decline. Demetrios goes on to invade the island of Cyprus, currently ruled by Ptolemaios' brother Menelaos. Under the guise of a trading mission, Rhodian merchants Menedemos and Sostratos tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
