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Minyas

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[min-ee-uhs] / ˈmɪn i əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a king of Orchomenus, famed for his wealth.


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A certain river, Minyas by name, leaps seaward near to Arene, where we Pylians wait the dawn, both horse and foot.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

Minyas of Orchomenos had three daughters, Leucippe, Arsippe and Alcathoe, most industrious women, who declined to join the wild mysteries of Dionysus.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

Along fair Arene's delightful plain Soft Minyas rolls his waters to the main: There, horse and foot, the Pylian troops unite, And sheathed in arms, expect the dawning light.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars, led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas.

From The Iliad by Homer

The Minoan remains at Orchomenus which are traceable to the latest period go far to substantiate the philological comparison between the name of Minyas, the traditional ancestor of this ancient race, and that of Minos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

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