Mideia
In Greek mythology, Mideia or Midea may refer to:
- A Phrygian slave, mother of Licymnius by Electryon.[1]
- A nymph, mother of Aspledon by Poseidon. The town Lebadea was believed to have previously been named Mideia after her.[2]
- One of the Danaids. She married (and killed) Antimachus, son of Aegyptus.[3]
- Daughter of Aloeus and eponym of a city in Argos.[4]
References
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 4. 5
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 38. 9 - 9. 39. 1, citing Chersias.
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 170
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Mideia
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