unawares before the city of the Orchomenians and slipping in at their gates he burned the palace of the Minyans and razed the city to the ground."

The Argonauts were sometimes referred to as "Minyans" because Jason's mother came from that line, and several of his cousins joined in the adventure.

Archaeology

Terminology

Before World War II, archaeologists sometimes applied the term "Minyans" differently, to