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15-07-2007, 22:02
Salaminia (Greece)
“Salaminian,” inhabitant of the island of Salamis, near the Piraeus; the name of one of two sacred ships of the Athenians which annually bore their gifts to the shrine of Apollo at Delos, and which during the Peloponnesian War acted as scouts to the Athenian fleet. In 428 B.C. the Spartan fleet, having failed to relieve Mytilene, sailed from the Bay of Ephesus to make a sudden descent upon Corcyra (corfu). The Salaminia and her sister ship, the Paralos, which had been detached by the Athenian Admiral from Mytilene, guessing at the enemy’s intentions, outstripped him and brought up a detachment of Athenian ships from Naupaktos (opposite Patras) just in time to save the hastily equipped Corcyrian fleet from utter destruction and the island from capture.
“Salaminian,” inhabitant of the island of Salamis, near the Piraeus; the name of one of two sacred ships of the Athenians which annually bore their gifts to the shrine of Apollo at Delos, and which during the Peloponnesian War acted as scouts to the Athenian fleet. In 428 B.C. the Spartan fleet, having failed to relieve Mytilene, sailed from the Bay of Ephesus to make a sudden descent upon Corcyra (corfu). The Salaminia and her sister ship, the Paralos, which had been detached by the Athenian Admiral from Mytilene, guessing at the enemy’s intentions, outstripped him and brought up a detachment of Athenian ships from Naupaktos (opposite Patras) just in time to save the hastily equipped Corcyrian fleet from utter destruction and the island from capture.