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Syennesis

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Syennesis (Ancient Greek: 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.

  • Syennesis (5th century), a figure in the conflict of Artaxerxes II of Persia and Cyrus the Younger
  • Syennesis of Cyprus, an ancient Greek physician in the 4th century BCE
  • Syennesis, a contemporary with Achaemenid Empire king Darius I, 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