Semiramis

Semiramis (c. 800 BC), also known as Semiramide or Semiramida. Semiramis is a later, Hellenized form of the Sumerian name "Sammur-amat", or "gift of the sea." The initial element "sammur" when translated into Hebrew becomes "Shinar" (the biblical name for lower Mesopotamia), and is the word from which we derive "Sumeria".

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She was a legendary Assyrian queen, around whose personality a mass of legend has accumulated. The legends derived by Diodorus Siculus, Justin and others from Ctesias of Cnidus make a picture of her and her relationship to king Ninus. Various efforts have been made to identufy her with real persons.

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Assyria: :For the Assyrian people in Iraq and other countries, see Assyrian people....

Diodorus Siculus: Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the Province of Enna)....

Justin: Justin is an Anglicized version of the Latin name Justinus, a derivative of Justus, meaning fair or just....