Salamis

Salamis was an island in the Saronic Gulf which became part of Attica in classical times.

Cychreus was the first king of the island, who had named the island after his mother. Telamon was exiled by his father from his home in Aegina. He migrated to the nearby island of Salamis. See Telamon for more stories about the Salamian hero.

His son Ajax led twelve ships to Troy. Telamon exiled his other son, Teucer, when he returned home from the war. Teucer migrated to the island of Cyprus and founded the city which he named Salamis, after his home. (See the family tree of the Aeacides).

Telamon was succeeded by his grandson Eurysaces, the son Ajax and his Phrgyian concubine Tecmassa.