"Ninus (Greek: Νίνος), according to Greek historians writing in the Hellenistic period and later, was the mythical founder of Nineveh (also called Νίνου πόλις "city of ...
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Ninus" in Greek), ancient capital of Assyria. His name is not attested on the Assyrian King List or in any cuneiform literature; he does not seem to represent any one personage known to modern history, and is more likely a conflation of several real and/or fictional figures of antiquity, as seen to the Greeks through the mists of time." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.10.2020)