Cinyps
Κίνυψ
Cinyps or CINYPHUS (Κίνυψ, Hdt. 4.175, 198; Κίνυφος, Strab. xvii. p.835: Cinifo or Wadi Quasam,) a small river of N. Africa, between the two Syrtes, rising, according to Herodotus, in the Hill of the Graces
(Χαρίτων λόφος: probably the extremity of M. Ghsuriano), but, according to Ptolemy, on M. Zuchabbari, much further inland, and falling into the sea E. of Leptis Magna. The fields through which it flowed were celebrated for goats with very beautiful hair. There was a town of the same name at its mouth. (Sil. Ital. 3.60, 3.275; Verg. G. 3.312; Martial, 7.94. 13, 8.51. 11; Mela, 1.7; Plin. Nat. 5.4; Ptol. 4.3. § § 13, 20, 6.11; Scylax.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.