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According to Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica the Argonauts landing soon after found only women in the island, ruled by Hypsipyle, daughter of the old king Thoas. From the Argonauts and the Lemnian women were descended the race called Minyans , whose king Euneus , son of Jason and Hypsipyle, sent wine and provisions to the Achaeans at Troy .
According to ancient Greek mythology, Lemnos was the island of Hephaestus, the god of fire and volcanoes. A myth says that he landed on this island when Hera, his mother, threw him from Mount Olympus, where the Gods lived because she saw that he was an ugly baby.
The Argonauts landing soon after found only women in the island, ruled by Hypsipyle, daughter of the old king Thoas. From the Argonauts and the Lemnian women were descended the race called Minyae, whose king Euneus, son of Jason and Hypsipyle, sent wine and provisions to the Achaeans at Troy.
May 19, 2024 · By Dimosthenis Vasiloudis. Nestled on the island of Lemnos, Poliochni stands as a testament to the ancient roots of European civilization. Recognized as the oldest city on the European continent, Poliochni is a site of immense archaeological and historical significance.
Apr 27, 2024 · Toward the end of the 6th century bce, the island was conquered by Otanes, a general of the Persian king Darius. From 477 Lemnos was a member of the Delian League, and later, except for a Spartan interlude, it was controlled by Athens.
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In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minos. He was the king of Lemnos when the Lemnian women decided to kill all the men on the island.
Zeus threw him following a fight with his mother Hera and was welcomed from Sinti, the excellent metallurgists. Hephaestus set up his workshop in Lemnos and became the patron god of the island. Thoas, the first mythical king of Lemnos and son of Dionysus and Ariadne, was married to Myrina.
