In Greek mythology , the mountainous district of Nysa ( Ancient Greek : Νῦσα , romanized : Nûsa ), 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 "God of Nysa."
14-764: [REDACTED] Look up nysa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nysa may refer to: Greek Mythology [ edit ] Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus Nysiads , nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant Dionysus Historical figures [ edit ] Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus) , daughter of Laodice IV and Antiochus, wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus Nysa of Cappadocia , daughter of Pharnaces I of Pontus and Nysa, wife of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia and mother Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia Nysa, one of
28-609: A town of ancient Naxos Nysa (Thrace) , a town of ancient Thrace and later Macedonia Other [ edit ] Nysa (Alexander) , a town spared by Alexander the Great during his invasion of Central Asia Nysa, Poland , a town in southern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river Nysa-Scythopolis , the Hellenistic Bet She'an in northern Israel Nisa, Turkmenistan Rivers [ edit ] Nysa Łużycka , Polish name for
42-678: A tributary of the Nysa Szalona Other uses [ edit ] 44 Nysa , an asteroid NKS Nysa , a men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League ZSD Nysa , an Automobile produced in Nysa, Poland from the 1950s to the early 1990s Neisse University , a university in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany See also [ edit ] Neisse (disambiguation) Nyssa (disambiguation) Nisa (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
56-471: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to a myth or legend from the ancient Middle East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Neisse University The Neisse University was a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz , Technical University of Liberec and Wroclaw University of Technology . The places of study were located in
70-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nysa (mythology) Though the worship of Dionysus is sometimes presumed to have arrived in Mycenaean Greece from Asia Minor (where the Hittites called themselves "Nesi" ), the various locations assigned to Nysa may simply be conventions to show that a romantically remote and mythical land
84-682: The entheogen wine . According to Sir William Jones , "Meros is said by the Greeks to have been a mountain in India, on which their Dionysos was born, and that Meru , though it generally means the north pole in Indian geography, is also a mountain near the city of Naishada or Nysa, called by the Greek geographers Dionysopolis, and universally celebrated in the Sanskrit poems." This article relating to Greek mythology
98-1003: The Lusatian Neisse, a river in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, flowing to Oder River near the towns of Guben and Gubin Nysa Kłodzka , a river in Poland, named for the town of Kłodzka, in English called the Eastern Neisse; a tributary of the Oder (Odra) Nysa Szalona , a river in Poland, the Raging Neisse; a tributary of the Kaczawa in Poland Nysa Mała , a river in Poland, the Little Neisse;
112-799: The Maeander , (Caria) an ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor (Anatolia), ruins in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province, restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Nysa in Asia in 1933 Nysa (Cappadocia) , an ancient city in Cappadocia Nisa (Lycia) , an ancient city in Lycia Greece [ edit ] Nysa (Boeotia) , a town of ancient Boeotia Nysa (Euboea) , a town of ancient Euboea Nysa (Naxos) ,
126-404: The border triangle of Czech Republic , Poland and Germany , which are approximately 100 km apart. The Neisse University was established in 2001, admitting students for bachelor degrees in "Information and Communication Management", the only course offered. Its first president was Prof. Dr. Phil. Peter Schmidt. In 2004 it was accredited by ACQUIN . Prof. Klaus ten Hagen was elected as
140-486: The daughters of Mithridates V of Pontus and Laodice VI Nysa, one of the daughters of Mithridates VI of Pontus from his concubine Nysa (wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia) , daughter of Laodice of Cappadocia and Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, the first wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia) , daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa Settlements and jurisdictions [ edit ] Turkey [ edit ] Nysa on
154-465: The new president in 2004. From 2007 it had been possible to also immatriculate students from other than the three countries participating in the project. This was especially true of the master course which was focused on an internationally diverse student group. In 2019, Wrocław University of Technology had to terminate its cooperation with Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and TU Liberec. The Rector of Wrocław University of Technology informed
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#1732844578360168-528: The partner institutions in December 2019 that, due to new regulations in the Polish Higher Education Act, Wrocław University of Technology no longer sees itself in a position to continue its participation in the international Neisse University network. No new students were enrolled for the 2019/2020 semester. Neisse University has had a special profile by following facts: Due to the changing sites,
182-481: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nysa . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nysa&oldid=1181438300 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-738: Was envisaged. The name Nysa may even be an invention to explain the god's name. Even Homer mentions the mountain Nyseion as the place where Dionysus grew up under the protection of the nymphs. Hesychius of Alexandria (5th century Byzantine lexicon) gives a list of the following locations proposed by ancient authors as the site of Mount Nysa: Arabia , Ethiopia , Egypt , Babylon , Erythraian Sea (the Red Sea ), Thrace , Thessaly , Cilicia , India , Libya , Lydia , Macedonia , Naxos , around Pangaios (mythical island south of Arabia), Syria . On his return from Nysa to join his fellow Olympians, Dionysus brought
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