In Greek mythology, Minyas (; ) was the founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia.Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1093 ff.
Family As the ancestor of the Minyans, a number of Boeotian genealogies lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J. Rose. Accounts vary as to his own parentage:
Orchomenus and Hermippe, his real father being Poseidon;Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.230 Poseidon either by (1) the Oceanid Callirhoe;Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Odes 14.5c; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 875 (2) Tritogeneia, daughter of Aeolus;Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.122 - most probably an error and it should be read as “. . Argonauts, most of them from Minyas, son of Poseidon, and Tritogeneia, daughter of Aeolus . .” with Minyas and Tritogeneia being the ancestors of the majority of the heroes instead of Minyas being a son of Poseidon and Tritogeneia. The latter was usually listed as his spouse rather than his mother. Compare with Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 875 (3) Euryanassa, daughter of HyperphasScholia ad Homer, Odyssey 11.326 = Hesiod, fr. 62 (Loeb edition, 1914) or lastly, Chrysogone, daughter of Almus;Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1094: Minyas himself is the son of Poseidon and "Chrysogone", daughter of Almus. father is only mentioned as (1) Aeolus; (2) Sisyphus;Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 2.511 (3) Chryses, son of Poseidon and Chrysogeneia;Pausanias, 9.36.4 (4) EteoclesScholia ad Pindar, Isthmian Ode 1.79 or (5) AresScholia ad Pindar, Isthmian Ode 1.79 with Dionysius as the authority (6) AleusScholia ad Pindar, Isthmian Ode 1.79 with Aristodemus as the authority and lastly (7) Halmus (Almus).
Minyas was married to Tritolenia (TritogeneiaScholia ad Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.122; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 875), Clytodora, or Phanosyra, daughter of Paion.Smith, s.v. Minyas. The following are the children of Minyas by one of his supposed wives:
By Clytodora, Presbon, Eteoclymene and Periclymene; By Phanosyra, Orchomenus, Diochthondas and Athamas; Clymene, also called Periclymene, mother of Iphiclus and Alcimede by Phylacus or Cephalus; Cyparissus, the founder of Anticyra;Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.159; on Odyssey 11.362 the Minyades, three daughters who were turned into bats;Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.1-168; Antoninus Liberalis, 10 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses; Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 38 Persephone, wife of Amphion (son of Iasus) and mother of Chloris and Phylomache, respectively the wives of NeleusScholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.281, citing Pherecydes (fr. 117 Fowler) and Pelias; and lastly Elara, the mother of the giant Tityus.Scholiast on Homer, Odyssey 7.324; Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 7.324, p. 1581 +Comparative table of Minyas' familyRelationNameSourcesHom.Hes.PindarApollon.OvidApd.Plut.Hyg.Pau.Ant.AelianSteph.Eust.Tzet.W. SmithSch. Ody.Fr.Sch. PythSch. Isth.Sch. OlyArg.Sch.Meta.Gk. Qs.Fab.Odys.Lyco.ParentagePoseidon and Euryanassa✓✓Poseidon and Tritogeneia✓Eteocles✓Aeolus✓Scholia ad Apollonius of Rhodes, 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."Poseidon and Hermippe✓Poseidon and Chrysogone✓Chryses✓Orchomenus✓Poseidon and Callirhoe✓Ares✓Aleus✓Sisyphus✓Halmus✓WifeTritolenia✓Clytodora✓Phanosyra✓ChildrenClymene✓✓✓✓✓Elara✓✓Eteoclymene✓Diochthondas✓Orchomenus✓✓Athamas✓Presbon✓Leuconoe or✓Leucippe✓✓✓Alcithoe or✓✓Alcathoe✓✓Arsinoe or✓Arsippe or✓Aristippe✓Periclymene✓✓Cyparissus✓Persephone✓
Mythology According to Apollonius RhodiusApollonius Rhodius, 1.229 and Pausanias,Pausanias, 9.38.2 Minyas was the first king to have made a treasury, of which the ruins were still extant in Pausanias' times.
See also Graïke Graia Persephone Chloris
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