< Sinope, daughter of Epopeus >

1 Origin

Sinope was born in Aegialeia (later Sicyon) in 1368 BC.

1.1 Sinope's husband

The city of Sinope on the southern coast of the Black Sea was named after Sinope, the daughter of the river god Asopus. [Diod.4.72.2, DionyGuide.77, Plut.Lucu.23]

The founder of Sinope was Cytissorus, the son of Phrixus. [See Cytissorus]

Phrixus moved to Colchis on the eastern coast of the Black Sea with Aeetes, father of his wife Chalciope. [Paus.2.3.10, estimated from Paus.9.34.8]

Aeetes, the son of Sisyphus, ruled Ephyra (later Corinth). [Paus.2.3.10]

It is assumed that Cytissorus sailed between Colchis and Ephyra and married Sinope, who lived in Aegialeia, next to Ephyra, where the Asopus River flows.

1.2 Sinope's father

When Cytissorus, the son of Chalciope (or Iophossa, Euenia), the daughter of Aeetes, the son of Sisyphus, married Sinope, the ruler of Aegialeia was Epopeus, the son of Aloeus, the son of Aeetes. [Paus.2.3.10]

In other words, the river god Asopus was Epopeus, the ruler of Aegialeia, where the Asopus River flows, and Sinope's father was Epopeus, the son of Aloeus.

Therefore, Cytissorus was Sinope's second cousin.

2 Family

Sinope and Cytissorus had a son, Syrus. [Diod.4.72.2]

3 Others

In 1350 BC, Sinope married Cytissorus and moved to Sinope on the southern coast of the Black Sea. [Diod.4.72.2, DionyGuide.77, Plut.Lucu.23]