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Salganea

Salganeus (Ancient Greek: Σαλγανεύς) or Salganea was a town upon the eastern coast of ancient Boeotia, and between Chalcis and Anthedon. It is said to have derived its name from a Boeotian, who served as pilot to the Persian fleet of Xerxes I, and was put to death upon suspicion of treachery, because no outlet appeared to the channel of the Euripus; but the Persian commander, having found out his mistake, erected a monument on the...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 791018.