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This puniihment of Amphion is mentioned in the poem called Minyas* and which is compofed in common upon Am - phion and Thamyris.
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Minyas son of Aeolus, built long ago the city of Orchomenus that borders on the Cadmeians.
The Argonautica 2008
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Minyas; thus Jason himself was the son of Alcimede who was born of Clymene the daughter of Minyas.
The Argonautica 2008
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And in it stands Iolcus, my city, and in it many others, where they have not so much as heard the name of the Aeaean isle; yet there is a story that Minyas starting thence,
The Argonautica 2008
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“Read the metamorphoses of the daughters of Minyas,” said the vicar.
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“How, impious man! do you not remember that the daughters of Minyas were changed into bats for having spun on a feast day?”
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Clymene the daughter of Minyas the son of Poseidon and of
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The largest beehive tombs date to after 1300: the so-called Treasuries of Atreus at Mycenae and Minyas at Orchomenos.
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All the chiefs the dwellers thereabout called Minyae, for the most and the bravest avowed that they were sprung from the blood of the daughters of Minyas; thus Jason himself was the son of Alcimede who was born of Clymene the daughter of Minyas.
The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius
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And in it stands Ioleus, my city, and in it many others, where they have not so much as heard the name of the Aeaean isle; yet there is a story that Minyas starting thence, Minyas son of Aeolus, built long ago the city of Orchomenus that borders on the Cadmeians.
The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius
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