The
Minyades were three sisters in
Greek mythology who were daughters of
Minyas, and the protagonists of a myth about the perils of neglecting the worship of
Dionysus. Their names were Alcathoe (or Alcithoe), Leucippe and Arsippe (although instead of "Arsippe",
Claudius Aelianus calls the latter "Aristippa", and
Plutarch "Arsinoë";
Ovid uses "
Leuconoe" instead of "Leucippe").