Myrina (mythology)
Name of Greek mythological figures
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In Greek mythology, the name Myrina, Myrinne or Myrinna (Ancient Greek: Μύρινα, Μυρίννη, Μυρίννα) may refer to the following individuals:
- Myrina, queen of the Amazons[1]
- Myrina, daughter of Cretheus and wife of Thoas, another possible eponym for the city of Myrina on Lemnos.[2][3]
- Myrina, a woman buried in the Troad. In the Iliad, Trojan forces gather by her grave-mound, which was also known as Batea.[4] She was sometimes identified with Myrina the Amazon.[5][6][7]
- Myrina, a mythological priestess of Aphrodite who became a myrtle tree.
