Minyas

Mĭnyas, ae, m., v. Minyae.

Minyās, ae, m. (Μινύαι), reicher König von Orchomenos, mythischer Stammherr des Minyergeschlechts, dah. auch der aus diesem stammenden Argonauten, Hyg. fab. 14. – Dav.: a) Minyae, ārum, m. (Μινυηϊάς), die Minyer = die Argonauten, Ov. u.a. – b) Minyas, adis, Akk. ada, f., die Minyerin, Name einer uns unbekannten Pflanze, Plin. 24, 157. – c) Minyēias, adis, f. (Μινυηϊάς), Tochter des Minyas, Ov. met. 4, 1. – d) Minyēis, ēidis, Akk. Plur. ēidas, f. (Μινυηΐς), Tochter des Minyas, Ov. met. 4, 32 u. 425. – e) Minyēius, a, um, minyëisch, des Minyas, proles, Ov. met. 4, 389.

2 Mĭnўās, æ, m. (Μινύας), roi dʼOrchomène : Hyg. Fab. 14.

Mi'nyas

(Μινύας), a son of Chryses, and the ancestral hero of the race of the Minyans; but the accounts of his genealogy vary very much in the different traditions, for some call him a son of Orchomenus or Eteocles, others of Poseidon, Aleus, Ares, Sisyphus, or Halmus. He is further called the husband of Tritoleneia, Clytodora, or Phanosyra. Orchomenus. Presbon, Athamnas, Diochthondas, Eteoclymene, Periclymene. Leucippe, Arsinoe, and Alcithoe, are mentoned as his children. (Paus. 9.36.3. &c., 381.2; Schol. ad Apollon Rhod. 1.230, ad Pind. Ol. 14.5, Pyth. 4.120; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 875.) He is said to have built the first treasury, of which ruins are said to be still extant. (Paus. 9.38.2.) His tomb was shown at Orchomenos in Boeotia (9.381.3). [L.S]

Minyas

(Μινύας). The son of Chryses. He was the ancestral hero of the Minyae (q.v.). There are many and conflicting accounts of his genealogy. (See the schol. ad Ol. xiv. 4; Pyth. iv. 69.) His tomb was shown at Orchomenus.

Minyas Minyas, son of Chryses

• king of Orchomenus, builds treasury for his wealth: Paus. 9.36.4ff., Paus. 9.38.2
• his grave: Paus. 9.38.3