[1] Varro says that Salius had come to Italy with Evander, the Arcadian king to whom several Roman religious institutions were attributed.
In Book 5 of the Aeneid,[2] Salius, who lives in Segesta, competes in the funeral games held for Anchises.
Salius expresses his indignation at the foul, and receives a fine lion skin as a consolation prize.
[5] The Latin name Salius is the equivalent of Halios (Ἅλιος), the Phaeacian dancer in the Odyssey who loses his athletic competition.
[6] Plutarch says that a Salius from Samothrace or Mantinea was reputed to be the legendary founder of the Salian priests, but that the sodality in fact was named from the leaping (Latin salire) of their armed dance.