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
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
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.
