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Siris may refer to: Geography *Siris (Magna Graecia), an ancient city in southern Italy *Serres, a city in Macedonia called Siris by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus *Siris, Sardinia, an Italian commune *Sinni (river) (Siris in Latin), Italy *Siris, Jenin, a Palestinian town Mythology *Siris (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology; also known as Sinis *Siris (goddess), Mesopotamian goddess of beer People *Michael Siris (born 1945), American attorney *P. Siris Dancing master and choreographer, active in London from about 1705 to 1735 Other uses *''Albizia'' or Siris, plants in the legume genus, also known as silk trees *Smithsonian Institution Research Information System, or SIRIS *Siris (band), an international rock group * Siris, the main character from the ''Infinity Blade'' series of games * Siris was a treatise on the use of tar-water and several philosophical issues by Irish philosopher George Berkeley, first published in 1744 See also *Siri (other) {{di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siris (Magna Graecia)
Siris (Greek: ) was an ancient city of Magna Graecia (in modern southern Italy), situated at the mouth of the river of the same name flowing into the Tarentine gulf, and now called the Sinni. History Siris was a Greek colony which at one time attained to a great amount of wealth and prosperity; however, its history is extremely obscure and uncertain. Its first origin was generally ascribed to a Trojan colony; and, as a proof of this, an ancient statue of Minerva was shown there which claimed to be the true Trojan Palladium. Whatever may have been the origin of this legend, there seems no doubt that Siris was originally a city of the Chones, the native Oenotrian inhabitants of this part of Italy. A legend found in the '' Etymologicon'', according to which the city derived its name from a daughter of Morges, king of the Siculi, evidently points in the same direction, as the Morgetes also were an Oenotrian tribe. From these first settlers it was wrested, as we are told, by a body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |