A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Mi'nyae

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

This text is part of:

Greek and Roman Materials

View text chunked by:

first letter : entry
entry

Mi'nyae

（Μινύαι), an ancient race of heroes at Orchomenos, Iolcos, and other places. Their ancestral hero, Minyas, is said to have migrated from Thessaly into the northern parts of Boeotia, and there to have established the powerful race of the Minvans, with the capital of Orchomenos. As the greater part of the Argonauts were descended from the Minyans, they are themselves called Minyae; and the descendants of the Argonauts founded a colony in Lemnos, which was called Minyae. Thence they proceeded to Elis Triphylia, and to the island of Thera. (Hdt. 1.146, 4.145; Pind. O. 14.4, Pyth. 4.69; Apollon. 1.229; Strab. ix. pp. 404, 414, viii. pp. 337, 347; Paus. 7.2.2, ix 36; comp. Müller, Orchom. u. die Minyer.)

[L.S]

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar:

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

Mi'nyae

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology William Smith, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

Mi'nyae

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.