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	Minyas - Wikipedia
		As the ancestor of the Minyans, a number of Boeotian genealogies (see Minyans) lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J. Rose.
		His children include Clymene, mother of Phaethon, and three daughters known as the Minyades.
		Minyas was also the title of an early Greek epic poem, probably dating to the 6th century B.C.E., which is now lost and whose author is unknown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minyas (147 words)

	Human Women in Greek Myths ~ Harpalyce to Myrrha
		Leiriope was the mother of Narcissus (whose myth is actually WRITTEN) and the wife of Cephissus (a river god).
		There were actually a bunch of women named Leucippe, one of whom was a Minyad who went insane and had to give up her son to be torn to shreds, but read more about that below.
		The Minyades were the daughters of Minyas (king guy): Alcathoe, Leucippe, and Arsippe.
	www.paleothea.com /HumansF-M.html (3614 words)

	Hermes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In addition, Hermēs brought ((Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus) Eurydice back to Hades after ((Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed) Orpheus looked back towards his wife for a second time.
		He also changed the (Click link for more info and facts about Minyades) Minyades into bats.
		He taught the (Click link for more info and facts about Thriae) Thriae the arts of fortune-telling and divination.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/hermes.htm (1911 words)

	Milmas to Mytilene * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The collective name for the daughters of king Minyas who mocked Dionysus and refused to participate in his revelries; the girls were driven mad and eventually turned into bats as punishment for their father’s insulting behavior.
		See Minyades by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking).
		Specifically, the descendants of Minyas but usually designating the people of Orkhomenos (Orchomenos) in Boeotia and Iolkos (Iolcos) in Thessaly; a number of the Argonauts were Minyans and they are often collectively called by that name.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/_m1003.html (3564 words)

	Encyclopedia: Demeter
		Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature spirits, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform.
		In Greek mythology, Leucippe was the name of several individuals: Leucippe was one of the Minyades who were driven by Dionysus to kill Hippasus.
		A Greek amphora depicting Odysseus encounter with the sirens.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Demeter (3668 words)

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		- greatly expanded version of the daughters of Minyas (MINYADES)
		- all women in Orchomenos worship Bacchus except Minyades who continue to weave
		- Minyades tell each other stories to help pass the time while they work
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /~cla204s/V.6.html (628 words)

	Dionysos: Myth and Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		They developed a craving for human flesh, and drew lots to determine whose child they would devour.
		Leukippe drew the unlucky lot, and the Minyades tore her son Hippasus to pieces and ate him, raw.
		The women were later driven away, and the god Hermes transformed them into owls and bats.
	www.princeton.edu /~kristit/orphika/dionysos.html (1482 words)

	xeno.ovid4
		Much of this book is in the form of meta-narrative (stories within stories).
		Picking up the theme from the last tale, the Minyads, rather than worship Bacchus, prefer to stay at home and tell stories.
		Their tales of thwarted or forbidden love (Pyramus and Thisbe, Venus and Mars, Apollo and Clytie, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus) look ahead to the theme of Section III (the pathos of love), while the parallel stories by the Muses (Book 5: telling of Proserpina and Arethusa) look back to Section I (gods chasing women).
	www.homestead.com /larryavisbrown/files/xeno.ovid4.htm (2562 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Part II (Bks III-VI, line 400) Story Motif The story of Cadmus King establishing his earthly rule, the vengeance of Juno Actaeon Juno's Justice: vengeance Semele Tiresias Narcissus and Echo Power of Love?
		Pathos Pentheus Irreverence of man, vengeance of Dionysus Minyades Irreverance/vengeance Pyramus and Thisbe Power of Love?
		Pathos Ares and Venus Love misdirected Sun-God and Leucothoe Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Ino Juno's Justice: vengeance End of the Cadmus story "
	www.sewanee.edu /Faculty/Seiters/classdoc/met2.html (111 words)

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