Minyas, in Greek Mythology, the son of Chryses, the eponymous hero of the Minyæ, from whom were descended most of the Argonauts. He built the city of Orchomenus. His three daughters, Clymene, Iris, and Alcithoë, or Leuconoë, Leucippe, Alcithoë, were changed into bats for having made light of the mysteries of Dionysus.
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