Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Sinis.
The gallery
Theseus and Sinis (kylix)
Elpinikos Painter, c. 5th century BC
Munich kylix: Theseus bends the pine with Sinis — the Pine-bender caught in his own torture, Attic red-figure for the Isthmus road.
Theseus and Sinis (amphora)
Troilos Painter, c. 5th century BC
Troilos Painter amphora in Rome: Theseus and the pine-tree brigand — Sinis' death as symposium-side myth.
Deeds of Theseus (cup)
Kodros Painter, c. 440–430 BC
Kodros Painter's deeds-of-Theseus cup: Sinis among the Isthmus cycle — the Pine-bender as one panel in Athens' favourite hero comic-strip.