end of the archaic period, and even then it retained something of a special status. In the Iliad Ajax is the autonomous king of Salamis, which suggests that the island was perceived as an independent [...] . These cults were first and foremost those of Eurysakes, who was the son of the Salaminian hero Ajax and of Athena Skiras in Phaleron, who was originally worshipped on the island. The sanctuary of Eurysakes [...] and as a meeting place for its members. According to Athenian tradition, Eurysakes was the son of Ajax, Homer’s legendary king of Salamis. Plutarch relates that Eurysakes and his brother Philaios gave