Nysa (mythology)
MOUNTAINOUS DISTRICT
Nysa, Greek mythology; Nyseion; Mount Nysa
In Greek mythology, the mountainous district of Nysa (), variously associated with Ethiopia, Libya, Boeotia, Thrace, India or Arabia by Greek mythographers, was the traditional place where the rain nymphs, the Hyades, raised the infant god Dionysus, the "Zeus of Nysa".