Minyans (in some traditions)

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The Minyans are a legendary ancient Greek people often depicted in myth as a powerful and sometimes hostile group associated with regions like Orchomenus in Boeotia.

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Minyans (in some traditions) canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek legendary people ⓘ
legendary people ⓘ
mythological ethnic group ⓘ
appearsIn Greek mythology ⓘ
myths about Iolcus ⓘ
myths about Orchomenus ⓘ
associatedWithCultSite Orchomenus sanctuary of the Charites (Graces) ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalEvent Heracles’ conflict with the Minyans ⓘ
tribute imposed on Thebes ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalFigure Heracles ⓘ
Jason ⓘ
Minyas ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Boeotia ⓘ
Iolcus ⓘ
Orchomenus ⓘ
Thebes (Boeotia) ⓘ
linked to: Thebes

Thessaly ⓘ
associatedWithRegion central Greece ⓘ
associatedWithStructure “Treasury of Minyas” at Orchomenus (traditional attribution) ⓘ
category Characters in Greek mythology ⓘ
Greek legendary peoples ⓘ
Mythological tribes of Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culturalContext Greek myth and legend ⓘ
describedAs powerful ⓘ
sometimes hostile ⓘ
warlike ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
hasCenter Iolcus (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Iolcus

Orchomenus (Boeotia) ⓘ
linked to: Orchomenus
hasMythologicalAncestor Minyas ⓘ
hasReputationFor great wealth (especially at Orchomenus) ⓘ
maritime activity (in some traditions) ⓘ
languageUsed Ancient Greek (mythological attribution) ⓘ
mentionedBy Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
mythologicalRole adversaries of certain Greek heroes ⓘ
regional power in central Greece ⓘ
namedAfter Minyas ⓘ
portrayedAs oppressors of Thebes in some myths ⓘ
wealthy people of Orchomenus ⓘ
relatedGroup Argonauts (through Iolcus traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Argonauts

Boeotians ⓘ
timePeriod mythic age of Greece ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amphitryon → killedBy → Minyans (in some traditions) ⓘ