Syennesis
Syennesis ( Greek Συέννεσις ) was the name of several rulers in ancient Cilicia .
Surname
It is contemplated that the name Syennesis was a title of a Luwian zuwanassis * "of the dog" can be interpreted. But the word zuwan- "dog" is well documented as part of Luwian personal names.
Well-known people named Syennesis
According to Herodotus, the first known Syennesis mediated between the Lydian king Alyattes and the Medean king Kyaxares , when they were due to the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BC. Chr. , The Battle of the Halys discontinued.
The second Syennesis, expressly called "King of the Ciliks" by Herodotus, was the father-in-law of Carer Pixodaros. Both supported the Milesian tyrant Aristagoras in the fight against the Persians.
The third Syennesis, son of Oromedon, sided with the Persians during the Xerxes campaign against Greece.
The fourth Syennesis was around 400 BC. King of Cilicia and husband of Queen Epyaxa (Ἐπύαξα). According to Xenophon , Syennesis was holed up in the mountains when Cyrus the Younger arrived in Tarsus , the then capital of Cilicia, on his campaign to Babylonia . Only after Cyrus assured him that no harm would happen to him, and through the mediation of Epyaxas, the king showed himself. Cyrus made Syennesis his ally. This paid Cyrus large sums of money and thus saved his country from sacking.
literature
- Josef Wiesehöfer : Syennesis. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 .