syrus
{{Short description|Son of Apollo in Greek mythology}}
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In Greek mythology, Syrus or Syros (Ancient Greek: Σύρων) may refer to a person or an animal:
- Syrus, son of Sinope (daughter of Asopus and Metope) and Apollo; the Syrians are named after him.Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#74 4.74.1-2]Plutarch, Lucullus [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Luc.+23.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0046 23.6] In one account, Syros was the son of King Agenor of Tyre and Tyro, and brother to Cadmus, Phoenix, Cilix and Europa.Malalas, Chronographia [https://topostext.org/work/793#2.30 2.30] When Agenor was about to die, he decreed that his kingdom will be divided among his three sons: Phoenix, Syros and Cilix. Syros named the country which was allotted to him Syria while his brothers received Phoenicia and Cilicia, respectively.Malalas, Chronographia [https://topostext.org/work/793#2.31 2.31] Syros was said to be a wise man who wrote arithmetic philosophy in Phoenician letters.Malalas, Chronographia [https://topostext.org/work/793#2.34 2.34]
- Syrus, one of the dogs of the hunter Actaeon.Hyginus, Fabulae 181
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References
- 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. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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