Proper noun
The largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.
(Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAccording to Herodotus, Queen Artemisia of Caria pointed this out to Xerxes in the run-up to Salamis. Source: Internet
After Salamis, the Peloponnesus, and by extension Greece as an entity, was safe from conquest; and the Persians suffered a major blow to their prestige and morale (as well as severe material losses). Source: Internet
A legend, which was first mentioned by Epiphanius of Salamis in the 4th century AD, purported that Mary may have spent the last years of her life in Ephesus. Source: Internet
Autumn/Winter 480/479 BC The Allied victory at Salamis ended the immediate threat to Greece, and Xerxes now returned to Asia with part of the army, leaving his general Mardonius to attempt to complete the conquest. Source: Internet
A number of historians believe that a Persian victory would have hamstrung the development of Ancient Greece, and by extension western civilization, and this has led them to claim that Salamis is one of the most significant battles in human history. Source: Internet
A significant number of historians have stated that Salamis is one of the most significant battles in human history (though the same is often stated of Marathon). Source: Internet