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.[2] The town Lebadea was believed to have previously been named Mideia after her.[3]
Midea, one of the Danaïdes. She married (and killed) Antimachus, son of Aegyptus.[4]
Midea, daughter of Aloeus and eponym of a city in Argos.[5]

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Personified concepts Other deities
Nymphs
Alseid Auloniad Aurai Crinaeae Dryads Eleionomae Hamadryads Hesperides Hyades Lampads Leuce Limnades Meliae Melinoë Minthe Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides Semystra Thriae

References

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

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