eir siege in order to revenge himself on Eumen[^e]s. Eudocia fell into
his power, but she refused to marry a traitor. Caled requested Phocyas
to point out to him the governor's tent; on being refused, they fought,
and Caled fell. Abudah, being now in chief command, made an honorable
peace with the Syrians, Phocyas died, and Eudocia retired to a
convent.--J. Hughes, _Siege of Damascus_ (1720).

=Siege of Rhodes=, by Sir W. Davenant (1656).

=Sieg'fried= [_Seeg.freed_], hero of pt. i. of the _Nibelungen Lied_, the
old German epic. Siegfried was a young warrior of peerless strength and
beauty, invulnerable except in one spot between his shoulders. He
vanquished the Nibelungs, and carried away their immense hoards of gold
and precious stones. He wooed and won Kriemhild, the sister of G[:u]nther,
king of Burgundy, but was treacherously killed by Hagan while stooping
for a draught of water after a hunting expedition.

Siegfried had a cape, or cloak, which rendered him invisible, the gift
of the dwarf, Alberich; and his sword, called Balmung, was forged by
Wieland, blacksmith of the Teutonic gods.

This epic consists of a number of different lays by the old
minnesingers, pieced together into a connected story as early as 1210.
It is of Scandinavian origin, and is in the _Younger Edda_, amongst the
"V[:o]lsunga Sagas" (compiled by Snorro, in the thirteenth century).

_Siegfried's Birthplace._ He was born in Phinecastle, then called
Xanton.

_Siegfried's Father and Mother._ Siegfried was the youngest son of
Siegmund and Sieglind, king and queen of the Netherlands.

_Siegfried called Horny._ He was called horny because, when he slew the
dragon, he bathed in its blood, and became covered with a horny hide
which was invulnerable. A linden leaf happened to fall on his back
between his shoulder-blades, and, as the blood did not touch this spot,
it remained vulnerable.--The minnesingers, _The Nibelungen Lied_ (1210).

=Sieg'fried von Lindenberg=, the hero of a comic German romance by
M[:u]ller (1779). Still popular and very amusing.

=Sieglind= [_Seeg.lind_], the mother of Siegfried, and wife of Siegmund,
king of the Netherlands.--The minnesingers, _The Nibelungen Lied_
(1210).

=Siegmund= [_Seeg.mund_], king of the Netherlands. His wife was Sieglind,
and his son, Siegfried [_Seeg.freed_].--The minnesingers, _The
Nibelungen Lied_ (1210).

=Sige'ro=, "the Good," slain by Argant[^e]s. Argant[^e]s hurled his
spea