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Mynes (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Mynes (Ancient Greek: Μύνης means "diverting") may refer to two individuals:
- Mynes, the Lacedamonian father of Pedias, wife of the autochthonous King Cranaus of Athens, who bore him three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis.[1]
- Mynes, king of the city of Lyrnessus which was sacked by Achilles, who there captured his wife, Briseis. Mynes was son of King Evenus, son of Selepus.[2]
- ^ Smith, s.v. Cranaechme; Apollodorus, 3.14.5
- ^ Homer, Iliad 19.296; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 4.477; Strabo, 13.1.7, 13.1.61 & 13.3.1
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