ὁ, Syros, one of the Cyclades, Str. 10.5.8; called Συρίη in Od. 15.403 (acc. to Str. l.c. ; but more probably Συρίη is Sicily and the name is connected with Συράκουσαι); later Σύρα, Suid. s.v. Φερεκύδης, f.l. in D.L. 1.119; — Σύριος, ὁ, a Syrian, IG1². 193.32 (pl.), D.L. 1.116.

Place, proper name

• island polis with Archaic to Late Antique remains, the modern Hermoupolis on Syros, Cyclades. (TOPOS text)