In
Greek mythology, the name Myrina, Myrinne or Myrinna (
Ancient Greek: Μύρινα, Μυρίννη, Μυρίννα) may refer to the following individuals:
Myrina, a queen of the
Amazons. According to
Diodorus Siculus,[1] she led a military expedition in
Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, destroying their city Cerne; but was less successful fighting the
Gorgons (who are described by Diodorus as a warlike nation residing in close proximity to the Atlantians), failing to burn down their forests. During a later campaign, she struck a treaty of peace with
Horus, ruler of
Egypt, conquered several peoples, including the Syrians, the Arabians, and the
Cilicians (but granted freedom to those of the latter who gave in to her of their own will). She also took possession of Greater
Phrygia, from the
Taurus Mountains to the
Caicus River, and several Aegean islands, including
Lesbos; she was also said to be the first to land on the previously uninhabited island which she named
Samothrace, building
the temple there. The cities of
Myrina (in
Lemnos),[2] possibly another
Myrina in
Mysia,
Mytilene,
Cyme,
Pitane, and
Priene were believed to have been founded by her, and named after herself, her sister Mytilene, and the commanders in her army, Cyme, Pitane and Priene, respectively.[3] Myrina's army was eventually defeated by
Mopsus the
Thracian and Sipylus the
Scythian; she, as well as many of her fellow Amazons, fell in the final battle.
Myrina, daughter of
Cretheus and wife of
Thoas, another possible
eponym for the city of Myrina on Lemnos.[4][5]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
In
Greek mythology, the name Myrina, Myrinne or Myrinna (
Ancient Greek: Μύρινα, Μυρίννη, Μυρίννα) may refer to the following individuals:
Myrina, a queen of the
Amazons. According to
Diodorus Siculus,[1] she led a military expedition in
Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, destroying their city Cerne; but was less successful fighting the
Gorgons (who are described by Diodorus as a warlike nation residing in close proximity to the Atlantians), failing to burn down their forests. During a later campaign, she struck a treaty of peace with
Horus, ruler of
Egypt, conquered several peoples, including the Syrians, the Arabians, and the
Cilicians (but granted freedom to those of the latter who gave in to her of their own will). She also took possession of Greater
Phrygia, from the
Taurus Mountains to the
Caicus River, and several Aegean islands, including
Lesbos; she was also said to be the first to land on the previously uninhabited island which she named
Samothrace, building
the temple there. The cities of
Myrina (in
Lemnos),[2] possibly another
Myrina in
Mysia,
Mytilene,
Cyme,
Pitane, and
Priene were believed to have been founded by her, and named after herself, her sister Mytilene, and the commanders in her army, Cyme, Pitane and Priene, respectively.[3] Myrina's army was eventually defeated by
Mopsus the
Thracian and Sipylus the
Scythian; she, as well as many of her fellow Amazons, fell in the final battle.
Myrina, daughter of
Cretheus and wife of
Thoas, another possible
eponym for the city of Myrina on Lemnos.[4][5]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.