Cychreides

A dragon or serpent that terrorized the island of Salamis. There are two versions about how it was defeated. According to Apollodorus,¹ the hero Cychreus killed the monster, after which he became the king of the island. Strabo² however, states that — according to Hesiod — the serpent was reared by Cychreus from which it took its name. It was driven out by Eurolochus and welcomed to Eleusis by Demeter and made her attendant.

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