Sinope (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Sinope (/sɪˈnoʊpi/; Ancient Greek: Σινώπη[1]) was one of the daughters of Asopus and thought to be an eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea.

Sinope's mother was Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon.

[4] According to Corinna[5] and Diodorus Siculus,[6] Sinope was carried away by the god Apollo to the place where later stood the city honouring her name.

[7] However, the Argonautica[8] and Valerius Flaccus[9] relate that Sinope was abducted to the site by Zeus, who, in his passion, swore to fulfil her dearest wish.

Sinope later tricked Apollo and the river Halys in the same fashion and remained a virgin all her life.