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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
^
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