Sinōpe

, a daughter of the Asopus by Methron. She was beloved by Apollo, who carried her away to the border of the Euxine sea, in Asia Minor, where she gave birth to a son called Syrus. Diodorus , bk. 4 .――A seaport town of Asia Minor, in Pontus, now Sinah , founded or rebuilt by a colony of Miles i ans. It was long an independent state, till Pharnaces king of Pontus seized it. It was the capital of Pontus, under Mithridates, and was the birthplace of Diogenes the cynic philosopher. It received its name from Sinope, whom Apollo carried there. Ovid , ex Ponto , bk. 1 , poem 3, li. 67 .— Strabo , bks. 2 & 12.— Diodorus , bk. 4 .— Mela , bk. 1 , ch. 19 .――The original name of Sinue a.