Mideia

In Greek mythology, Mideia or Midea (Ancient Greek: Μιδειη) may refer to:

• Midea, a Phrygian slave, mother of Licymnius by Electryon.[1]
• Midea, a nymph, mother of Aspledon by Poseidon. The town Lebadea was believed to have previously been named Mideia after her.[2]
• Midea, one of the Danaïdes. She married (and killed) Antimachus, son of Aegyptus.[3]
• Midea, daughter of Aloeus and eponym of a city in Argos.[4]

For the town of ancient Argolis, see Mideia (Argolis). For the town of ancient Boeotia, see Mideia (Boeotia). For the town in Eastern Thrace, see Kıyıköy.

References

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 4. 5
2. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 38. 9 - 9. 39. 1, citing Chersias.
3. Hyginus, Fabulae, 170
4. Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Mideia