Myrina (mythology)

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Myrina was, according to Greek mythology, a queen of the Amazons who had defeated the town of cerne (which was controlled by atlantis) before finally being killed by the atlanteans.^[1] Batieia (see Batea (mythology)) was the name given to "divine Myrina" by humans.^[2] She is also believed to have been the wife of King Dardanus, an ancestor of Priam of Troy.^{[citation needed]}

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1. ^ Pierre Grimal, Dictionary of Classical Mythology, 1986, Blackwell Reference, Oxford
2. ^ Homer, Iliad, (2.813)

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