Salmon (Elis)

Salmone ( Greek  Σαλμώνη ) was an ancient city in the Pisatis in Elis , in the west of the Peloponnese . The exact location is not known.

Salmone or Salmonia was founded by the arrogant Salmoneus , a son of Aiolos and Enarete . Because the mythical founder wanted to put himself on a par with Zeus , the supreme Olympian god killed him and the entire city in a flash.

swell

• Stephanos of Byzantium sv
• Strabo : Geographica 8,356.
• Diodorus : Libraries 4.68.
• Library of Apollodorus 1,9,7.

literature

• William Smith (Lexicographer) :  Salmone . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.