Salamis
or PITYOUSSA (modern name KOLURI), an irregularly shaped, mountainous island of ancient Greece, off the coast of Attica. Its area is about 30 square miles; chief town Koluri. It had anciently two principal towns, Old and New Salamis. It is remembered chiefly on account of the great naval battle between the Greeks and Persians, which was days after the battle of Thermopylæ, but in which the Persians were entirely defeated. dowed with astonishing power of fought with great bravery (480 в. c.), a an reproduction; and, when mutilated, their limbs, tail, and even their eyes, are restored at the end of two or three or six months.
The common salamander of Europe has been celebrated from antiquity for its supposed power of braving fire, but this is a fable.
It would seem that the United States produce a greater variety of salamanders than any other part of the globe. We shall particularize the following, among the land salamanders: S. subviolacea, a large stout species, blackish, with two rows of large, round, whitish spots on the back. S. fasciata; green; less than the preceding; blackish, with transverse blu-