Milesia, Milesian, Milesians, or Miletans may refer to:
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Milesians (Irish)
In the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'', a medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history, the Milesians () are the final race to settle in Ireland. They represent the Irish people. The Milesians are Gaels who sail to Ireland from Iberia (Hispania) after spen ...
, a people figuring in Irish mythology
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Milesians (Greek)
The Milesians were the inhabitants of Miletus, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and at the mouth of the Meander River. Settlers from Crete moved to Miletus sometime in 16th century BC ...
, the inhabitants of Miletus, a city in the Anatolia province of modern-day Turkey
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Milesian school
The Ionian school of Pre-Socratic philosophy was centred in Miletus, Ionia in the 6th century BC. Miletus and its environment was a thriving mercantile melting pot of current ideas of the time. The Ionian School included such thinkers as Thales, ...
, a school of thought founded in the 6th century BC and exemplified by three philosophers from Miletus
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Milesian tale
The Milesian tale ( el, Μιλησιακά, ''Milesiaka''; Latin:''fabula milesiaca'', or ''Milesiae fabula'') is a genre of fictional story prominent in ancient Greek and Roman literature. According to most authorities, a Milesian tale is a short ...
, a genre of salacious or exotic narrative
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''Milesia'' (fly), a genus of very large hoverflies
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