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Salamis

An island in the Saronic Gulf.

  During the Trojan War, Aias, son of Telamon, commanded the Achaian soldiers from the island of Salamis. He took twelve ships to Troy, which would have carried approximately 1,380 men.

Salamis

Salamis

References:
Homer, Iliad book 2, line 557; book 7, line 199
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