According to CorinnaFrag. 654 and Diodorus Siculus,Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.2 Sinope was carried away by the god Apollo to the place where later stood the city honouring her name. Diodorus adds that she bore to Apollo a son named Syrus, supposedly afterwards king of the Syrians, who were named after him.Plutarch, Lucullus 23.6
