In Greek mythology, Sinope (/sɪˈnoʊpi/; Ancient Greek: Σινώπη, romanized: Sinôpê[1]) was a daughter of Asopus (a river god) and the eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea.[2]
Family
Sinope's mother was Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon.[3] In one account, she was called the daughter of Ares and Parnassa.[4] In the account of her being the offspring of Ares, Sinope was probably one of the Amazons.[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, Apollonius of Rhodes and Valerius Flaccus both relate that Sinope was abducted to the site by Zeus, who, in his passion, swore to fulfil her dearest wish.[9][10][11] Sinope declared she wished to remain a virgin, so Zeus had to leave her alone. 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
- ↑ Grimal, s.v. Sinope, p. 421.
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius, 2.946
- ↑ Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 940 ff.
- ↑ Frag. 654
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.2
- ↑ Plutarch, Lucullus 23.6
- ↑ Apollonius, 2.946-951
- ↑ 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.
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Malden, Oxford, and Carlton, Blackwell Publishing, 1986. ISBN 0631201025. Internet Archive.
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