Onnes in legend was one of the generals of the mythological Assyrian king Ninus. He married Semiramis. He is said to have committed suicide, after which his widow married Ninus.
Onnes in legend was one of the generals of the mythological Assyrian king Ninus. He married Semiramis. He is said to have committed suicide, after which his widow married Ninus.
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Semiramis (/səˈmɪrəmɪs, sɪ-, sɛ-/; Syriac: ܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ Šammīrām, Armenian: Շամիրամ Šamiram, Greek: Σεμίραμις, Arabic: سميراميس Samīrāmīs) was the legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Onnes and of Ninus, who succeeded the latter on the throne of Assyria, according to Movses Khorenatsi. Legends narrated by Diodorus Siculus, who drew primarily from the works of Ctesias of Cnidus, describe her and her relationships to Onnes and King Ninus.
Armenians and the Assyrians of Iraq, northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, and northwest Iran still use Shamiram and its derivative Samira as a given name for girls.