Sisak (eponym)

Sisak (eponym)

Sisak is the legendary ancestor of the Armenian princely house of Syuni, also called Siunids, Syunid and Sewnie.cite book | title = The Caucasian Knot | author = Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabédian, Claude Mutafian | page = p.56 | publisher = Zed Books | year = 1994 | isbn = 1856492885 ] [cite book | url = http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Asia/Armenia/_Texts/KURARM/home.html | chapterurl = http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Asia/Armenia/_Texts/KURARM/35*.html | title = A History of Armenia | chapter = Chapter XXXV: The Feudal System in Armenia | author = Vahan M. Kurkjian | publisher = Armenian General Benevolent Union of America | year = 1958 ] According to Movses Khorenatsi, Sisak is considered to be the grandson of the eponym Hayk.

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