Sinope (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Sinope (Ancient Greek: Σινώπη[1]) was one of the daughters of Asopus and thought to be an eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea.
| Sinope | |
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| Greek mythology character | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Relatives | Asopus |
| Greek deities series |
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| Nymphs |
Family
Sinope's mother was Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon.[2] In one account, she was called the daughter of Ares and Parnassa[3] or Aegina[4] (usually her sister[5]).
Mythology
According to Corinna[6] and Diodorus Siculus,[7] Sinope was carried away by the god Apollo to the place where later stood the city honouring her name. Diodorus adds that she bore to Apollo a son named Syrus, supposedly afterwards king of the Syrians, who were named after him.[8]
However, the Argonautica[9] and Valerius Flaccus[10] relate that Sinope was abducted to the site by Zeus, who, in his passion, swore to fulfil her dearest wish.[11] Sinope declared she wished to remain a virgin. Sinope later tricked Apollo and the river Halys in the same fashion and remained a virgin all her life.
Notes
- Σινώπη, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- Diodorus, 4.72.1
- Scholia on Apollonius, 2.946
- Natalis Comes 8.13
- Diodorus, 4.72.1 & 5
- Frag. 654
- Diodorus, 4.72.2
- Plutarch, Lucullus 23.6
- Apollonius, 2.946-951, on Perseus (Greek text)
- Valerius Flaccus, 5.109
- Cf. also Dionysius Periegeta 775-779 (eponym)
References
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
