Cynāné
(
Κυνάνη),
Cyna (
Κύνα), or
Cynna (
Κύννα).
The half-sister of Alexander the Great, daughter of Philip by Audata, an Illyrian woman. She
married her cousin, Amyntas, and on Alexander's death went to Asia, intending to marry her
daughter Eurydicé to Arrhidaeus; but Perdiccas, who controlled Arrhidaeus, fearing
this project, had her put to death (
Diod. Sic. xix. 15).