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In
Greek mythology , Minyas (;
Ancient Greek : Μινύας) was the founder of
Orchomenus, Boeotia .
[1]
Family
As the ancestor of the
Minyans , a number of
Boeotian genealogies lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J. Rose.[
citation needed ] Accounts vary as to his own parentage: one source stated that he was thought to be the son of
Orchomenus and
Hermippe , his real father being
Poseidon ;
[2] in another account he was called the son of the latter and
Callirhoe
[3] or
Tritogeneia , daughter of
Aeolus
[4] or
Euryanassa , daughter of
Hyperphas
[5] or lastly,
Chrysogone , daughter of
Almus .
[6] Yet others variously gave Minyas' father as
Chryses (son of Poseidon and
Chrysogeneia ),
[7]
Thessalus (son of Poseidon),
[8]
Eteocles ,
[9]
Sisyphus ,
[10] Aeolus,
[1]
Ares [
citation needed ] ,
Aleus [
citation needed ] and
Halmus (Almus)[
citation needed ] .
Minyas was married to Tritolenia,
Clytodora , or Phanosyra.
[11] Of them, Clytodora bore him a daughter
Clymene (also called
Periclymene ,
[12]
[13] mother of
Iphiclus and
Alcimede by
Phylacus or
Cephalus ). Clytodora was also given as the mother by Minyas of Orchomenus,
Presbon ,
Athamas ,
[14]
Diochthondas
[15] and
Eteoclymene .
[16] Minyas' other children include
Cyparissus , the founder of
Anticyra ,
[17] and three daughters known as the
Minyades who were turned into bats.
[18] In some accounts, Minyas was also said to be the father of
Persephone , mother of
Iasus . The latter was the father of
Amphion , who in turn was the father of
Chloris and
Phylomache , respectively the wives of
Neleus
[19] and
Pelias . Also,
Elara , the mother of the giant
Tityus was also described sometimes as Minyas' daughter.
[20]
Comparative table of Minyas' family
Relation
Name
Sources
Hom.
Hes.
Pindar
Apollon.
Ovid
Apd.
Plut.
Hyg.
Pau.
Ant.
Aelian
Steph.
Eust.
Tzet.
W. Smith
Sch. Ody.
Fr.
Sch. Pyth
Sch. Isth.
Sch. Oly
Arg.
Sch.
Meta.
Gk. Qs.
Fab.
Odys.
Lyco.
Parentage
Poseidon and Euryanassa
✓
✓
Poseidon and Tritogeneia
✓
Eteocles
✓
Thessalus
✓
Aeolus
✓
[21]
Poseidon and Hermippe
✓
Poseidon and Chrysogone
✓
Chryses
✓
Orchomenus
✓
Poseidon and Callirhoe
✓
Ares
✓
Aleus
✓
Sisyphus
✓
Halmus
✓
Wife
Tritolenia
✓
Clytodora
✓
Phanosyra
✓
Children
Clymene
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Elara
✓
✓
Eteoclymene
✓
Diochthondas
✓
Orchomenus
✓
✓
Athamas
✓
Presbon
✓
Leuconoe or
✓
Leucippe
✓
✓
✓
Alcithoe or
✓
✓
Alcathoe
✓
✓
Arsinoe or
✓
Arsippe or
✓
Aristippe
✓
Periclymene
✓
✓
Cyparissus
✓
Persephone
✓
Mythology
According to
Apollonius Rhodius
[22] and
Pausanias ,
[23] Minyas was the first king to have made a treasury, of which the ruins were still extant in Pausanias' times.
See also
Notes
^
a
b
Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica 3.1093 ff.
^
Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.230-3b
^
Tzetzes on
Lycophron , 875
^ Scholia on
Pindar , Pythian Odes 4.122
^ Scholia on
Homer ,
Odyssey 11.326 =
Hesiod , fr. 62 (
Loeb edition, 1914)
^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1094: Minyas himself is the son of Poseidon and "Chrysogone", daughter of Almus.
^
Pausanias , 9.36.4
^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Odes 14.5
^ Scholia on Pindar, Isthmian Ode 1.79
^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.511
^ Smith,
s.v. Minyas .
^
Hyginus , Fabulae 14
^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 875
^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.230
^ Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Odes 14.5
^ Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.120
^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.159; on Odyssey 11.362
^
Ovid ,
Metamorphoses 4.1-168;
Antoninus Liberalis ,
10 as cited in
Nicander's Metamorphoses ;
Plutarch , Quaestiones Graecae 38
^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.281, citing
Pherecydes (
fr. 117 Fowler )
^ Scholiast on Homer, Odyssey 7.324;
Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 7.324, p. 1581
^ Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1553: "He (i.e. Minyas) is called Aeolian, not as being the immediate offspring of Aeolus, but as being descended from his stocks. Sisyphus, the son of Aeolus, had two sons, Almus and Porphyrion. Minyas, the builder of Orchomenus, was the son of Neptune, by Chrysogone, the daughter of Almus thus he was a descendant of Aeolus by the mother's side."
^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.229
^ Pausanias, 9.38.2
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