Syllis, a nymph, mother of Zeuxippus by Apollo. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 6.
Syloes, a promontory of Africa.
Sylŏson, a man who gave a splendid garment to Darius son of Hystaspes, when a private man. Darius, when raised to the throne of Persia, remembered the gift of Syloson with gratitude. Strabo, bk. 14.
Sylvānus, a god of the woods. See: [Silvanus].
Sylvia, or Ilia, the mother of Romulus. See: [Rhea].——A daughter of Tyrrhenus, whose favourite stag was wounded by Ascanius. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 503.
Sylvius, a son of Æneas by Lavinia, from whom afterwards all the kings of Alba were called Sylvii. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 763.
Syma, or Syme, a town of Asia.——A nymph, mother of Chthonius by Neptune. Diodorus, bk. 5.
Symbŏlum, a place of Macedonia, near Philippi, on the confines of Thrace.
Symmăchus, an officer in the army of Agesilaus.——A celebrated orator in the age of Theodosius the Great. His father was prefect of Rome. He wrote against the christians, and 10 books of his letters are extant, which have been refuted by Ambrose and Prudentius. The best editions of Symmachus are that of Geneva, 8vo, 1598, and that of Paris, 4to, 1604.——A writer in the second century. He translated the Bible into Greek, of which few fragments remain.
Symplegădes, or Cyaneæ, two islands or rocks at the entrance of the Euxine sea. See: [Cyaneæ].