# Minyas (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Minyas (/ˈmɪniəs, ˈmɪnjəs/; Ancient Greek: Μινύας) was the founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia.

## 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;
* Poseidon either by (1) the Oceanid Callirhoe; (2) Tritogeneia, daughter of Aeolus; (3) Euryanassa, daughter of Hyperphas or lastly, Chrysogone, daughter of Almus;
* father is only mentioned as (1) Aeolus; (2) Sisyphus; (3) Chryses, son of Poseidon and Chrysogeneia; (4) Eteocles or (5) Ares (6) Aleus and lastly (7) Halmus (Almus).
Minyas was married to Tritolenia (Tritogeneia), Clytodora, or Phanosyra, daughter of Paion. The following are the children of Minyas by one of her suppose 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;
* the Minyades, three daughters who were turned into bats;
* Persephone, wife of Amphion (son of Iasus) and mother of Chloris and Phylomache, respectively the wives of Neleus and Pelias; and lastly
* Elara, the mother of the giant Tityus.
Comparative table of Minyas' family :
| Relation | Name | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources | Sources |
| Relation | Name | Hom. | Hes. | Pindar | Pindar | Pindar | Apollon. | Apollon. | Ovid | Apd. | Plut. | Hyg. | Pau. | Ant. | Aelian | Steph. | Eust. | Tzet. | W. Smith |
| Relation | Name | Sch. Ody. | Fr. | Sch. Pyth | Sch. Isth. | Sch. Oly | Arg. | Sch. | Meta. | Apd. | Gk. Qs. | Fab. | Pau. | Ant. | Aelian | Steph. | Odys. | Lyco. | W. Smith |
| Parentage | Poseidon and Euryanassa | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Poseidon and Tritogeneia | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Eteocles | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Aeolus | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Poseidon and Hermippe | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Poseidon and Chrysogone | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Chryses | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | |
| Parentage | Orchomenus | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | |
| Parentage | Poseidon and Callirhoe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | |
| Parentage | Ares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Parentage | Aleus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Parentage | Sisyphus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Parentage | Halmus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Wife | Tritolenia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Wife | Clytodora | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Wife | Phanosyra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
| Children | Clymene | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | | |
| Children | Elara | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | |
| Children | Eteoclymene | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Children | Diochthondas | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Children | Orchomenus | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | |
| Children | Athamas | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Children | Presbon | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Children | Leuconoe or | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Children | Leucippe | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | |
| Children | Alcithoe or | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | ✓ | | | | |
| Children | Alcathoe | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | | |
| Children | Arsinoe or | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | | | |
| Children | Arsippe or | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | |
| Children | Aristippe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | |
| Children | Periclymene | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | | | ✓ | |
| Children | Cyparissus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | | |
| Children | Persephone | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Mythology

According to Apollonius Rhodius and Pausanias, Minyas was the first king to have made a treasury, of which the ruins were still extant in Pausanias' times.