Minyas
Americannoun
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The daughters of Minyas, in alarm, drew lots to determine which of them should sacrifice a victim to the god.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Andrew Lang
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 Andrew Lang
Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars, led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas.
From The Iliad by Homer
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 Alexander Pope
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 Henry David Thoreau
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