Ninus

Ninos is the mythical eponymous founder of the city of Nineveh in Assyria and personifies this city. He is often identified with the biblical hero Nimrod.

Overview

Diodorus called Ninos as the founder of the city of Nineveh ( Ninos ). He is said to have been the son of Belus or Bel ( Baal ), the mythical founder of Babylon. Ninos allegedly captured with the help of the king of Arabia Ariaios within 17 years the entire western Asia and thus founded the first empire in world history. During the siege of Bactria met Ninos Semiramis, the wife of Onnes, one of his officers, he took them off and married her himself. Both child was Ninyas. After Nino 's death, he Semiramis built a mausoleum near Babylon, wide nine stages high and ten stages. Another son applies Trebeta. Initially ruled by Ninos ' death Semiramis, then Ninyas.

Diodorus used as a source of Ctesias of Cnidus, the relative length was received apparently to the mythical ruler Ninos. Herodotus mentioned in his Histories a Ninos grandson of Belus, but did not report the city's founding, and nothing of the fabulous stories that are portrayed in Ctesias. Ctesias served subsequent historians apparently as the main source.

After Kastor of Rhodes ( handed down by the Byzantine chronicler Georgios Synkellos ) Ninos reigned 52 years, according to Ctesias from 2189 BC Strabo also ( Geographika 16, 2) knows Ninos as husband of Semiramis. He had founded the city Ninos in Aturien ( Nineveh ). His successors were Semiramis and Sardanapalus Arbakes.

According to biblical tradition, Nimrod was the founder of Nineveh ( Genesis 10: 8-10), Semiramis is considered by rabbinic tradition as his wife.

The modern political philosopher Jean Bodin saw Nimrod, " the many Ninos call", as the first despotic king of the world history and author of the monarchical political system of (Six Books on the Republic, Book 2.2 ).

One in the 1st or 2nd century BC to dating Direction novel, which deals with the love of Ninos and Semiramis is in the form of two papyrus fragments obtained ( Pap Berol. 6926 and PSI 1305). This as Ninos novel well-known text is the oldest surviving example of its kind.

Other bearers of the name

Another Ninos, successor of Sardanapalus is called as the last king of Nineveh.