Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Sinope.
The gallery
Adelasia of Montferrat as Sinope (Castello della Manta)
Maestro del Castello della Manta, c. 1410–1420
Baronial-hall fresco at Manta Castle: a medieval lady stands in for Sinope among the female Worthies — the Asopid nymph who tricked Zeus into granting her perpetual virginity, remembered as a Black Sea eponym and a model of shrewd chastity.
In play
Bibliotheca
Apollodorus
Apollodorus keeps Sinope among Asopus' daughters — the naiad Zeus carried to the Assyrian shore, where she asked for virginity and founded the name of Sinope.
Asopus
Among the Asopid sisters who name cities — Sinope the one who outwitted Zeus and gave her name to the Paphlagonian harbour.
Sinope (mythology)
Naiad daughter of Asopus — eponym of Sinope on the Black Sea, famous for bargaining eternal virginity from Zeus.