Salamis Island

E58492

Greek island island

Salamis Island is a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf best known as the site of the pivotal ancient naval Battle of Salamis between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Salamis	18
Salamis Island canonical	15
Salamis Naval Base	3
the island of Salamis (in some traditions)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek island ⓘ island ⓘ
administrativeStatus	municipality of Salamina ⓘ
ancientName	Salamis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salamis
battleBelligerent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire Greek city-states ⓘ
battleDate	480 BC ⓘ
connectedBy	ferry to Perama ⓘ ferry to Piraeus area ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Regional Unit of Islands (Attica) ⓘ surface form: Islands regional unit Attica region ⓘ surface form: Region of Attica
currency	Euro ⓘ
hasCapital	Salamina ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Aegean Sea ⓘ
hasLargestSettlement	Salamina ⓘ
hasMilitaryFacility	Hellenic Navy base ⓘ Salamis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salamis Naval Base
hasPort	Paloukia ⓘ Salamina port ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Salamis ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Salamis ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Attica region ⓘ Saronic Islands ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Saronic Gulf ⓘ
locatedNear	Athens ⓘ Piraeus ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Aegina ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Piraeus ⓘ
mentionedIn	The Persians ⓘ surface form: Aeschylus' tragedy "The Persians" works of Herodotus ⓘ
modernName	Salamina ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation	Ajax the Greater ⓘ surface form: Ajax the Great Telamon ⓘ
nearbyStrait	Straits of Salamis ⓘ
partOf	Attica ⓘ Saronic Islands ⓘ surface form: Saronic archipelago
primaryEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
separatesFrom	Megara ⓘ coast of Attica ⓘ
siteOf	Battle of Salamis ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of sea routes to Athens ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attica → contains → Salamis Island ⓘ

Euripides → birthPlace → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamis Island → ancientName → Salamis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Salamis Island → hasMilitaryFacility → Salamis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis Naval Base

Saronic Gulf → hasIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Piraeus regional unit → contains → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Mount Aigaleo → near → Salamis Island ⓘ

Attica region → includesIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Arvanites → settlementRegion → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Bay of Eleusis → nearbyIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Asopus → children → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Saronic Islands → hasIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → routeStop → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Ajax the Greater → origin → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Ajax the Greater → ruledOver → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Ajax the Greater → ledForcesFrom → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Ajax (mythological Greek hero) → hometown → Salamis Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Ajax

this entity surface form: Salamis

Ajax (mythological Greek hero) → cultSite → Salamis Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Ajax

this entity surface form: Salamis

Salamina → locatedIn → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamina → isAdministrativeCenterOf → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamina → isMainTownOf → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamina → locatedOnIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

Paloukia → locatedIn → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamina port → locatedIn → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamina port → serves → Salamis Island ⓘ

Salamina port → maritimeGatewayFor → Salamis Island ⓘ

Telamon → associatedWith → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Telamon → reward → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: the island of Salamis (in some traditions)

Telamon → associatedPlace → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Straits of Salamis → separates → Salamis Island ⓘ

Straits of Salamis → hasNearbyIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Straits of Salamis → hasNearbyFacility → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis Naval Base

Perama → transportConnection → Salamis Island ⓘ

Perama → hasFerryRouteTo → Salamis Island ⓘ

Perama → hasNearbyIsland → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis

Ancient Megara → locatedOpposite → Salamis Island ⓘ

Hellenic Navy → maintainsBase → Salamis Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salamis Naval Base