Minio

• A small river in Etruria, now Mignone: Minionis in arvis, Verg. A. 10, 183; Rutil. 1, 279.—
• II A town on the river Minio, Mel. 2, 4, 9.

1. Was the confidential friend and counsellor of Antiochus the Great, and his representative at the conference with the Roman envoys at Ephesus in B. C. 193. Minio commanded a portion of Antiochus' centre at the battle of Magnesia in B. C. 190. (Liv. 35.15, 16, 37.40, 42.)

2. Q. Mynnio (Μυννίων), was a native of Smyrna, who, conspiring against Mithridates VI. king of Pontus, in B. C. 86, was betrayed by one of his confederates, and put to death. (Appian, App. Mith. 48.) [W.B.D]

MI´NIO (Mignone), a small river of Etruria, flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, between Centumcellae (Civita Vecchia) and Graviscae, and about 3 miles S. of the mouth of the Marta. It is a trifling stream, though noticed by Virgil, as well as by Rutilius in his voyage along this coast; but Mela and the Geographer of Ravenna are the only geographical writers who deem it worthy of mention. (Verg. A. 10.183; Serv. ad loc.; Rutil. Itin. 1.279; Mel. 2.4.9; Geogr. Rav. 4.32.)

Now Mignone; a small river in Etruria, falling into the Tuscan Sea, between Graviscae and Centum Cellae.