Syennesis
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Syennesis, the king of the Cilicians
in the texts
Anabasis
King of the Cilicians, husband of Epyaxa, who initially avoids Cyrus and later negotiates with him.
And the Cilician queen, as the report ran, asked Cyrus to exhibit his army to her;
As for Cyrus, after he had marched into the city he more than once summoned Syennesis to his presence;
Now the Cilician queen was filled with admiration at beholding the brilliant appearance and the order of the Greek army;
Hellenica
Ruler of Cilicia whose ability to oppose Cyrus's march was neutralized by the Spartan fleet.
he sailed round to Cilicia at the head of his fleet, in company with the fleet of Cyrus, and made it impossible for Syennesis, the ruler of Cilicia, to oppose Cyrus by land in his march against the Persian king.