Editing Syrus (section)

{{Short description|Son of Apollo in Greek mythology}}
{{other uses|Syrus (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|Cyrus (disambiguation){{!}}Cyrus}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Syrus''' or '''Syros''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Σύρων) may refer to a person or an animal:

* Syrus, son of [[Sinope (mythology)|Sinope]] (daughter of [[Asopus]] and [[Metope (mythology)|Metope]]) and [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]; the [[Syria]]ns are named after him.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#74 4.74.1-2]</ref><ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Lucullus'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Luc.+23.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0046 23.6]</ref> In one account, Syros was the son of King [[Agenor]] of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] and [[Tyro (mythology)|Tyro]], and brother to [[Cadmus]], [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]], [[Cilix]] and [[Europa (consort of Zeus)|Europa]].<ref>[[John Malalas|Malalas]], ''Chronographia'' [https://topostext.org/work/793#2.30 2.30]</ref> When Agenor was about to die, he decreed that his kingdom will be divided among his three sons: Phoenix, Syros and Cilix. Syros named the country which was allotted to him [[History of Syria|Syria]] while his brothers received [[Phoenicia]] and [[Cilicia]], respectively.<ref>Malalas, ''Chronographia'' [https://topostext.org/work/793#2.31 2.31]</ref> Syros was said to be a wise man who wrote arithmetic philosophy in Phoenician letters.<ref>Malalas, ''Chronographia'' [https://topostext.org/work/793#2.34 2.34]</ref>
* Syrus, one of the dogs of the hunter [[Actaeon]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 181</ref>