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Ninus

American  
[nahy-nuhs] / ˈnaɪ nəs /

noun

  1. the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.


Ninus British  
/ ˈnaɪnəs /

noun

  1. a king of Assyria and the legendary founder of Nineveh, husband of Semiramis

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Ninus Hopkins worked as a Solid Ground paratransit driver for more than three decades.

From Seattle Times

On the right of the throne were Alcæus, son of the hero and of Omphale; Ninus, Belus, Argon, the earlier kings of the dynasty of the Heracleidæ, then all the line of intermediate kings, terminating with Ardys, Alyattes, Meles or Myrsus, father of Candaules, and finally Candaules himself.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of antiquity, according to it, begins with Ninus.

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From the first year of Ninus’ reign until the rebuilding of Babylon by Semiramis there were sixty-four years; the same between the first of Procas and the building of Rome.

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On the other hand, we find in Ctesias' history of the Medes episodes of at least equal poetic power with his narrative of Ninus and Semiramis.

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