Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.35.2

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Passage 1.35.2: Salamis: named by Cychreus, settled by Aeginetans, later handed to Athens and expelled for treachery.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Σαλαμὶς δὲ κατὰ Ἐλευσῖνα κειμένη παρήκει καὶ ἐς τὴν Μεγαρικήν. πρῶτον δὲ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τὸ ὄνομα θέσθαι τοῦτο ν Κυχρέα ἀπὸ τῆς μητρὸς Σαλαμῖνος τῆς Ἀσωποῦ, καὶ ὕστερον Αἰγινήτας τοὺς σὺν Τελαμῶνι ἐποικῆσαι· Φίλαιον δὲ τὸν Εὐρυσάκους τοῦ Αἴαντος παραδοῦναι λέγουσιν Ἀθηναίοις τὴν νῆσον, γενόμενον ὑπʼ αὐτῶν Ἀθηναῖον. Σαλαμινίους δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι τούτων ὕστερον πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν ἀναστάτους ἐποίησαν, καταγνόντες ἐθελοκακῆσαι σφᾶς ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τῷ πρὸς Κάσσανδρον καὶ τὴν πόλιν γνώμῃ τὸ πλέον Μακεδόσιν ἐνδοῦναι· καὶ Αἰσχητάδου τε κατέγνωσαν θάνατον, ὃς τότε ᾕρητο ἐς τὴν Σαλαμῖνα στρατηγός, καὶ ἐς τὸν πάντα ἐπώμοσαν χρόνον Σαλαμινίοις ἀπομνημονεύ ς ειν προδοσίαν.

English Translation

Salamis lies opposite Eleusis and extends as far as Megaris. It is said that the island was first named by Cychreus after his mother Salamis, daughter of Asopus, and later inhabited by the Aeginetans who came with Telamon. Further, tradition states that Philaeus, son of Eurysaces, son of Ajax, handed the island over to the Athenians and became an Athenian citizen himself. Many years later, the Athenians expelled the Salaminians from the island, having convicted them of willful negligence in the war against Cassander, charging them with having voluntarily yielded the greater part of their city to the Macedonians. They also sentenced to death Aeschetades, who was then chosen general for Salamis, and swore an everlasting oath to remember the treachery of the Salaminians.

Proper Nouns

Aeginetan (Αἰγινήτης) person
Aischētades (Aischētadēs) (Αἰσχητάδης) person Q409566
Ajax (Αἴας) person Q14566703
Eurysaces (Εὐρυσάκης) person
Also in: 1.35.3
Cassander (Κάσσανδρος) person
Cychreus (Κυχρέυς) person
Macedonian (Μακεδών) person
Salaminian(s) (Σαλαμίνιος) person
Salamis (the nymph) (Σαλαμῖς) person
Telamon (Τελαμῶν) person
Also in: 1.28.11 2.29.4
Philaios (Φίλαιος) person
Also in: 10.38.6
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Asopos (Ἀσωπός) person
Megaris (Μεγαρίς) place Q645572
Salamis (Σαλαμίς) place Q767089
Eleusis (Ἐλευσῖς) place Q11918833
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