In Greek mythology, the name Myrina, Myrinne or Myrinna () may refer to the following individuals:

Myrina, queen of the AmazonsDiodorus Siculus, 3.54-56 Myrina, daughter of Cretheus and wife of Thoas, another possible eponym for the city of Myrina on Lemnos.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.601Etymologicum Magnum 595.20 under Μυρίννα Myrina, a woman buried in the Troad. In the Iliad, Trojan forces gather by her grave-mound, which was also known as Batea.Homer, Iliad 2.813–815 She was sometimes identified with Myrina the Amazon.Strabo, 12.8.6Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 243 discusses Myrina, a suburb (πολίχνη) of Troy, which is named after "an Amazon called Myrina, who had died there" Myrina, a mythological priestess of Aphrodite who became a myrtle tree.

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