In Greek mythology, Minyas (/ˈmɪniəs, ˈmɪnjəs/; Ancient Greek: Μινύας) was the founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia.
[1] As the ancestor of the Minyans, a number of Boeotian genealogies lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J.
[2] Accounts vary as to his own parentage: Minyas was married to Tritolenia (Tritogeneia[13][AI-generated source?
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[14] The following are the children of Minyas by one of her suppose wives: According to Apollonius Rhodius[20] and Pausanias,[21] Minyas was the first king to have made a treasury, of which the ruins were still extant in Pausanias' times.