as the salmon, of silvery coloration, with numerous small black dots, extending on the dorsal fin. Allied to it are S. fluviatilis from Siberia and S. perryi or blackistoni from the northern island of Japan.
The genus Stenodus is intermediate between Salmo and Coregonus (whitefish). S. leucichthys is an anadromous species, inhabiting the Caspian Sea and ascending the Volga and the Ural; it is also found in the Arctic ocean, ascending the Ob, Lena, &c. It grows to a length of 5 ft. A second species occurs in Arctic North America; this is the “Inconnu,” S. mackenzii, from the Mackenzie river and its tributaries.
The capelin (Mallotus villosus, so called from the villous bands formed by the scales of mature males) is a salmonid of the coasts of Arctic America and north-eastern Asia; it deposits its eggs in the sand along the shores in incredible numbers, the beach becoming a quivering mass of eggs and sand. Plecoglossus, a salmonid from Japan and Formosa, is highly remarkable for its lamellar, comb-like, lateral teeth. The siel-smelts, Argentina, are deep-sea salmonids, of which examples have occasionally been taken off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. Bathylagus, another salmonid discovered by the “Challenger” expedition, is still better adapted for life at great depths (down to 1700 fathoms), the eyes being of enormous size.
Authorities.—On the systematic and life histories : A. Günther, Catalogue of Fishes in the British Museum, vol. vi. (1866); F. Day, British and Irish Salmonidae (London, 1887); F. A. Smitt, Kritisk Förteckning öfver de i Riksmuseum befintliga Salmonider (Stockholm, 1886); V. Fatio, Faune des vertébrés de la Suisse, vol. v. (1890); D. S. Jordan and B. W. Evermann, Fishes of North America, vol. i. (1896), and American Food and Game Fishes (London and New York, 1902); F. F. Kavraisky, Die Lachse der Kaukasusländer (Tiflis, 1896). On growth and migrations: Die histochemischen und physiologischen Arbeiten von Friedrich Miescher, Band ii., pp. 116, 192, 304, 325 (Leipzig, 1897); P. P. C. Hoek, Statische und biologische Untersuchungen an in den Niederländern gefangenen Lachsen (Charlottenburg, 1895); Annual Reports of the Fishery Board for Scotland, part ii., “Report on Salmon Fisheries,” Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14 (1893-1894-95-96); Report of Investigations on the Life-History of the Salmon to the Fishery Board for Scotland, edited by Noël Paton, presented to parliament and published 1898; K. Dahl, Orret og unglahs samt lovgivningens forhold til dem (Christiania, 1902); H. W. Johnston, “The Scales of Tay Salmon as indicative of Age, Growth and Spawning Habit,” Ann. Rep. Fish. Board, Scotland, xxiii., appendix ii. (1905). Introduction in Tasmania and New Zealand: M. Allport, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1870), pp. 14 and 750; A. Nichol, Acclimatization of the Salmonidae at the Antipodes (London, 1882); W. Arthur, “History of Fish Culture in New Zealand,” Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. xiv. (1881) p. 18O; P. S. Seager, “Concise History of the Acclimatization of the Salmonids in Tasmania,” Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. (1888) p. 1; also R. M. Johnston, l.c. p. 27. On the salmon disease: T. H. Huxley, Quart. Jour. Micr. Sci. xxii. (1882) p. 311.
(G. A. B.)
SALMONEUS, in Greek mythology, son of Aeolus (king of
Magnesia in Thessaly, the mythic ancestor of the Aeolian race),
grandson of Hellen and brother of Sisyphus. He removed to
Elis, where he built the town of Salmone, and became ruler of the
country. His subjects were ordered to worship him under the
name of Zeus; he built a bridge of brass, over which he drove
at full speed in his chariot to imitate thunder, the effect being
heightened by dried skins and caldrons trailing behind, while
torches were thrown into the air to represent lightning. At last
Zeus smote him with his thunderbolt, and destroyed the town
(Apollodorus i. 9. 7; Hyginus, Fab. 60, 61; Strabo viii.
p. 356; Manilius, Astronom. 5, 91; Virgil, Aen. vi. 585, with
Heyne's excursus). Joseph Warton's idea that the story is
introduced by Virgil as a protest against the Roman custom of
deification is not supported by the general tone of the Aeneid
itself. According to Frazer (Early History of the Kingship, 1905;
see also Golden Bough, i., 1900, p. 82), the early Greek kings,
who were expected to produce rain for the benefit of the crops,
were in the habit of imitating thunder and lightning in the
character of Zeus. At Crannon in Thessaly there was a bronze
chariot, which in time of drought was shaken and prayers offered
for rain (Antigonus of Carystus, Histariae mirabiles, 15). S.
Reinach (Revue archéologique, 1903, i. 154) suggests that the
story that Salmoneus was struck by lightning was due to the
misinterpretation of a picture, in which a Thessalian magician
appeared bringing down lightning and rain from heaven; hence
arose the idea that he was the victim of the anger or jealousy of
Zeus, and that the picture represented his punishment.
SALOME, in Jewish history the name borne by several women of the Herod dynasty.
- Sister of Herod the Great, who became the wife successively of Joseph, Herod's uncle, Costobar, governor of Idumaea, and a certain Alexas.
- Daughter of Herod by Elpis, his eighth wife.
- Daughter of Herodias by her first husband Herod Philip. She was the wife successively of Philip the Tetrarch and Aristobulus, son of Herod of Chalcis. This Salome is the only one of the three who is mentioned in the New Testament (Matt. xiv. 3 sqq.; Mark vi. 17 sqq.) and only in connexion with the execution of John the Baptist. Herod Antipas, pleased by her dancing, offered her a reward “unto the half of my kingdom”; instructed by Herodias, she asked for John the Baptist's “head in a charger”[1] (see Herod II. Antipas).
Salome is also the name of one of the women who are mentioned as present at the Crucifixion (Mark xv. 40), and afterwards in the Sepulchre (xvi. 1). Comparison with Matt. xxvii. 56 suggests that she was also the wife of Zebedee (cf. Matt. xx. 20–23). It is further conjectured that she was a sister of Mary the mother of Jesus, in which case James and John would be cousins of Jesus. In the absence of specific evidence any such identification must be regarded with suspicion.
SALON, a town of south-eastern France, in the department of
Boûches-du-Rhône, 40 m. N.N.W. of Marseilles by rail. Pop.
(1906), town, 9927; commune, 14,050. Salon is situated on the
eastern border of the plain of Crau and on the irrigation canal
of Craponne, the engineer of which, Adam de Craponne (1519–1559,
has a statue in the town, where he was born. The chief
buildings are the church of St Laurent (14th century), which
contains the tomb of Michael Nostradamus, the famous astrologer,
who died at Salon in 1565, and the church of St Michel (12th
century), with a fine Romanesque portal. The central and oldest
part of the town preserves a gateway of the 15th century and
the remains of fortifications. There are remains of Roman walls
near Salon, and in the hôtel-de-ville (17th century) there is a
milestone of the 4th century. The town carries on an active
trade in oil and soap, which are the chief of its numerous manufactures.
Olives are largely grown in the district, and there is
a large trade in them and in almonds.
SALONICA, Salonika or Saloniki (anc. Thessalonica, Turkish
Selanik, Slav. Solun); the capital of the Turkish vilayet of
Salonica, in western Macedonia, and one of the principal seaports
of south-western Europe. Pop. (1905) about 130,000, including
some 60,000 Sephardic Jews, whose ancestors fled hither in the
16th century to escape religious persecution in Spain and
Portugal: their language is a corrupt form of Spanish, called
Ladino (i.e. Latin), and spoken to some extent by other communities
in the city. Salonica lies on the west side of the Chalcidic
peninsula, at the head of the Gulf of Salonica (Sinus Thermaicus),
on a fine bay whose southern edge is formed by the Calamerian
heights, while its northern and western side is the broad alluvial
plain produced by the discharge of the Vardar and the Bistritza,
the principal rivers of western Macedonia. Built partly on the
low ground along the edge of the bay and partly on the hill to
the north (a compact mass of mica schist), the city with its white
houses enclosed by white walls runs up along natural ravines
to the castle of the Heptapyrgion, or Seven Towers, and is
rendered picturesque by numerous domes and minarets and the
foliage of elms, cypresses and mulberry trees. The commercial
quarter of the town, lying to the north-west, towards the great
valleys by which the inland traffic is conveyed, is pierced by broad
and straight streets paved with lava. There are electric tramways
and a good water-supply, but most of the older houses
are fragile wooden structures coated with lime or mud, and the
sanitation is defective. Apart from churches, mosques and
synagogues, there are a few noteworthy modern buildings, such
as the Ottoman Bank, the baths, quarantine station, schools
and hospitals; but the chief architectural interest of Salonica
is centred in its Roman and Byzantine remains.
Antiquities.—The Via Egnatia of the Romans (mod. Jassijol or Grande Rue de Vardar) traverses the city from east to West, between the Vardar Gate and the Calamerian Gate. Two Roman triumphal arches used to span the Via Egnatia. The arch near the Vardar Gate—a massive stone structure probably erected towards the end of the 1st century' A.D., was destroyed in 1867
- ↑ Charger, a large flat plate (see Charge).