Sinis
Sĭnis, is, m., = Σίνις,
- a mythical robber on the Isthmus of Corinth, who bound travellers to the tops of pine-trees which he had bent to the ground, and then, by letting go his hold, hurled them into the air; he was killed at last by Theseus, Prop. 3 (4), 22, 37; Ov. M. 7, 440; id. H. 2, 70; Stat. Th. 12, 576.
Sinis (falsch Scinis), is, Akk. in, m., (Σίνις, d.i. der Schädiger, Beschädiger), ein Straßenräuber auf der korinthischen Landenge, der die Reisenden überfiel, beraubte u. sie an zwei herabgebogenen Fichten aufhängte, die wieder aufschnellten und die Unglücklichen zerrissen; von Theseus überwunden u. getötet, Prop. 3, 22, 37. Ov. met. 7, 440. Stat. Theb. 7, 576.
Sĭnis, (14) is, m. , brigand tué par Thésée : Prop. 3, 22, 37 ; Ov. M. 7, 440.
SINIS
SINIS(Σίνις), a Roman colony in the district of Melitene in Armenia Minor. (Ptol. 5.7.5.) The place is not mentioned by any other writer, but it is possible that it may be the same place as the one which Procopius ( de Aed. 3.4) simply calls Κολωνία.
[L.S]Sinis
(Σίνις) or Sinnis (Σίννις). Son of Polypemon, Pemon, or Poseidon, by Sylea, the daughter of Corinthus. He was a robber, who frequented the Isthmus of Corinth, and killed the travellers whom he captured by fastening them to the top of a fir-tree, which he bent, and then let spring up again. He himself was killed in this manner by Theseus. See Apollod.iii.16.2; Pausan. ii. 1, 3; and Theseus.
Sinis
Sinis
- robber slain by Theseus: Paus. 1.37.4, Paus. 2.1.4
- used to rend his victims between two pine-trees: Paus. 2.1.4
- son of Polypemon and Sylea, called the Pinebender, killed by Theseus at the Isthmus of Corinth: Apollod. 3.15.8, Apollod. 3.16.2
- his daughter has a son Melanippus by Theseus: Paus. 10.25.7