Sinoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Sinoe (Ancient Greek: Σινόη, romanized: Sinóe, lit. 'mischievous', Attic Greek: [siˈno.εː], from sínos, σίνος) was an oread nymph of Mount Sinoe in Arcadia. She was one of the nurse to the infant god, Pan. The latter was then given the surname Sinóeis (Σινόεις, [siˈno.eːs]) after her.

References

• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.