Sinni River

Sinni River

Infobox River
river_name=Sinni
length = 94 km
elevation = 1,380 m
mouth_elevation = 0 m
watershed = 1,292 km²
origin = Serra della Giumenta ( Southern Apennines)
mouth = Ionian SeaThe Sinni (Latin: Siris or Sinis; Greek: polytonic|Σῖρις or polytonic|Σίνις) is a 94 km long river in southern Italy. It flows through the region of Basilicata and into the Ionian Sea near Policoro; in antiquity, the city of Siris lay at its mouth.

The river Siris is mentioned by Lycophron ("Alex." 982), as well as by Archilochus (ap. Athen. xii. p. 523); but the former author calls it polytonic|Σίνις, and its modern name of Sinno would seem to be derived from an ancient period; for we find mention in the Tabula Peutingeriana of a station 4 miles from Heracleia, the name of which is written "Semnum", probably a corruption for "Ad Simnum" or "Sinnum". The Siris and Aciris (modern Agri) are mentioned in conjunction by Pliny as well as by Strabo, and are two of the most considerable streams in Lucania. (Plin. iii. 11. s. 15; Strab. vi. p. 264.) The name of the former river is noticed also in connection with the first great battle between Pyrrhus and the Romans, 280 BCE, which was fought upon its banks (Plut. "Pyrrh." 16). It has been absurdly confounded by Florus and Orosius with the Liris in Campania. (Flor. i. 18. § 7; Oros. iv. 1.)

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