Syennesis ( grc, Συέννεσις) was the name of a number of men in
classical antiquity. In particular it seems to have been a common name of the native kings of
Cilicia
Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...
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Syennesis (5th century)
Syennesis, also Syennesis III ( grc, Συέννεσις, Aramaic:TRZ) was a ruler of ancient Cilicia in the 5th century BCE.
Rule
Syennesis was a contemporary of Artaxerxes II of Persia, and when Cyrus the Younger, marching against Artaxerxes ...
, a figure in the conflict of Artaxerxes II of Persia and Cyrus the Younger
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Syennesis of Cyprus Syennesis ( grc, Συέννεσις) of Cyprus was a physician, who must have lived in or before the fourth century BCE, as he is mentioned by Aristotle, who quotes from his writings a passage on the origin of the veins. This fragment also forms par ...
, an ancient Greek physician in the 4th century BCE
*Syennesis, a contemporary with Achaemenid Empire king
Darius I
Darius I ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his ...
, to whom he was tributary
*Syennesis, a king of Cilicia, who joined with Labynetus (Nebuchadnezzar) in mediating between
Cyaxares and
Alyattes of Lydia, the kings respectively of Media and Lydia
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5th-century BC rulers
People from ancient Cilicia