Sinis

Killed by Theseus on the road to Athens.

Genealogy

Sylea

Damastes

Place

Isthmus

Events
  1. Sinis the pinebender forces travelers to help him bend pine trees to the ground and then unexpectedly let go, catapulting the victim through the air
  2. Theseus kills Sinis the Pine-bender in the way he killed the passers-by
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 16.2
  2. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.4
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.4
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.7
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