Sinope (mythology)

Sinop in Turkey, Black Sea coast.

Template:Greek myth (nymph)In Greek mythology, Sinope (/sɪˈnoʊpi/; 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.

## Contents

* 1 Family
* 2 Mythology
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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]). In the account of her being the offspring of Ares, Sinope was probably one of the Amazons.[6]

## Mythology

According to Corinna[7] and Diodorus Siculus,[8] 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.[9]

However, the Argonautica[10] and Valerius Flaccus[11] relate that Sinope was abducted to the site by Zeus, who, in his passion, swore to fulfil her dearest wish.[12] 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

1. ↑ Σινώπη, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
2. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
3. ↑ Scholia on Apollonius, 2.946
4. ↑ Natalis Comes 8.13
5. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1 & 5
6. ↑ Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 940 ff.
7. ↑ Frag. 654
8. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.2
9. ↑ Plutarch, Lucullus 23.6
10. ↑ Apollonius, 2.946-951, on Perseus (Greek text)
11. ↑ Valerius Flaccus, 5.109
12. ↑ 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.

## External links

* SINOPE on theoi.com

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