'fly') is a young girl who fell in love with Endymion and was transformed by the lunar goddess Selene into a fly, a small insect bearing her name.
The ancient Greek noun μυῖα translates to 'fly',[1] and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mus-ih2, thus being cognate with the Latin musca.
[2] In his satirical second-century work Praising a Fly (Latin: Muscae Encomium, Ancient Greek: Μυίας ἐγκώμιον), author Lucian of Samosata (modern Samsat) related the—otherwise unattested—myth of Myia, an exceedingly fair but also very chatty young maiden who fell in love with Endymion, a very handsome mortal man who had been granted immortality via eternal slumber.
[3] With her endless chatter Myia would wake up Endymion, irritating him and enraging the moon goddess Selene, his lover.
[4] Selene then transformed the talkative girl into a fly, who annoys sleeping people to this day, in memory of her love and her deeds in her previous life.