Siris may refer to:
Mythology
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Siris (goddess), the Mesopotamian goddess of beer
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Siris (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Sinis (Ancient Greek: Σίνης) was a bandit killed by Theseus on his way to Athens.
Family
Pseudo-Apollodorus describes Sinis as the son of Polypemon and Sylea, daughter of Corinth;Tripp, Edward. ''The Meridian Handbook ...
, a figure in Greek mythology; also known as Sinis
Places
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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 att ...
, an ancient city in southern Italy
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Siris, Sardinia
Siris is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Oristano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 235 and an area of .All demograph ...
, an Italian commune
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Sinni (river) ( la, Siris, link=no), Italy
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Siris, Jenin
Siris ( ar, سيريس) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 32 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5400 inhab ...
, a Palestinian town
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Serres, a city in Macedonia called Siris by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus
People
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Michael Siris
Michael J. Siris (born September 11, 1945) is an American attorney best known for successfully representing the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the New York State Senate in 1992 to compel production of information on taxpayer-subsidized mailings.
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(born 1945), American attorney
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P. Siris
P. Siris was an English dancer, dancing master and choreographer. His first name and dates of birth and death are uncertain. He may have been born in France. He was active in London from about 1705 to at least 1735. In 1706 he published a transl ...
(1705–1735), English dancing master and choreographer
Other uses
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Albizia'' or Siris, plants in the legume genus, also known as silk trees
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Siris (band)
SIRIS is the name of American music duo Michael and Patrick Maley. Their name SIRIS was derived from two Chinese words "sai" 赛 and "ri" 日, meaning to surpass the sun. Hailing from the city of Philadelphia, the brothers are best known as the o ...
, an international rock group
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Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...
(SIRIS)
*The main character from the ''
Infinity Blade'' series of games
*A 1744 treatise on natural philosophy by Irish philosopher
George Berkeley
George Berkeley (; 12 March 168514 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immate ...
See also
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Siri (disambiguation)
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Sirius (disambiguation)
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