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In Greek mythology, Salmoneus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, the brother of Athamas and the father of Tyro. Salmoneus became King of Elis and founded the city of Salmonia. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancesstress of the Aeolians. ... The king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology, Athamas (rich harvest) was married first to the goddess Nephele with whom he had the twins Phrixus and Helle. ... In Greek mythology, Tyro was the daughter of Salmoneus and mother of Pelias and Neleus. ... Elis, or Eleia (Greek, Modern: Î‰Î»Î¹Î´Î± Ilida, Ancient/Katharevousa: Î‰Î»Î¹Ï‚, also Ilis, Doric: Î†Î»Î¹Ï‚) is an ancient district within the modern prefecture of Ilia. ...

Later, Salmoneus tried to equal Zeus by riding a bronze chariot, and loudly imitating thunder and lightning, forcing his subjects to make offerings to him. Zeus killed him with a lightning bolt and destroyed his kingdom. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: ZeÃºs, genitive: DÃos), is...

Robert Trebor played a character named Salmoneus on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys who had little relation to the Salmoneus of myth. Robert Trebor (born on June 7, 1953 as Robert Schenkman) is a character actor perhaps best known for his role as Salmoneus on the cult hits Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. ... Hercules: The Legendary Journeys was a television series produced from 1995 to 1999, very loosely based on the tales of the classical culture hero Hercules. ...

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Virgil VI, 585.

A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. ...

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Salmoneus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (123 words)
	In Greek mythology, Salmoneus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, the brother of Athamas and the father of Tyro.
	Salmoneus became King of Elis and founded the city of Salmonia.
	Salmoneus is also the name of the founder of Sal's Realm, a fansite of Runescape, an MMORPG created by Jagex.

Things of Youth (15330 words)
	Salmoneus was still a grown up, not quite the one either would chose as a babysitter, but he was all they had at the moment.
	Salmoneus brought up the rear trying to manage the horse, hold on to the infant Gabrielle whom he had been told with pointed warning 'not to drop, or else', and to lead the goat they had brought along for the baby's need.
	Salmoneus had objected to leaving so late in the day, pointing out that they would not get very far before they would have to make camp for the night and that the soft beds in the manor were so much more comfortable than the rocks in the forest beyond.

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