Sinope
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
A seaport of Turkey in Asia, situated on a narrow isthmus connecting with the mainland the rocky headland of Cape Sinope which projects into the Black Sea, 350 m. NE. of Constantinople; possesses two fine harbours, naval arsenal, Byzantine ruins, etc.; an ancient Greek town, the birthplace of Diogenes, and capital of Mithridates; it was captured by the Turks in 1461, who themselves in 1853 suffered a disastrous naval defeat in the Bay of Sinope at the hands of the Russians.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
in Grecian mythology, was a daughter of Asopus and Metope, or of Ares and Aegina or Parnassa. Apollo became enamoured of her beauty and carried her off from Boeotia to Paphlagonia, where she brought forth Syrus and gave her name to the town of Sinope.
