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MINYAE (Ancient city) GREECE
Minya (Minua), a city of Thessaly, said by Stephanus B. (s. v.) to
have been formerly called Halmonia (Halmonia), and to have derived its name from
Minyas. It is mentioned by Pliny (iv.8. s. 15) under the name of Almon, and in
conjunction with Orchomenus Minyeus in Thessaly. (See Muller, Orchomenos und die
Minyer, p. 244, 2nd ed.)
The Minyae founded a colony in Lemnos, called Minyae, whence they proceeded to Elis Triphylia, and to the island of Thera
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