must have been very old. Some, like Osborne and Humphreys, have gone so far as to posit an Early IronAge date for the emergence of the Salaminioi, because it allows them to explain how they came to control [...] king of Salamis, which suggests that the island was perceived as an independent entity from an early age. More importantly, a combination of literary and epigraphic sources show that the Athenians and Megarians [...] By granting the Salaminioi access to the Acropolis with its connotations of legendary kings and age-old cults, the Athenians recognized the important social position of the Salaminian settlers as well