In Greek mythology, Munichus (/ˈmjuːnɪkəs/; Ancient Greek: Μούνιχος Moúnikhos) may refer to: * Munichus, son of Dryas, king of the Molossians and a seer. He was husband of and by her father of three sons, , Alcander and , and of a daughter Hyperippe. Of them Alcander excelled his father in prophetic abilities. The family were just and righteous and therefore especially favored by the gods. One day, raiders attacked them in the fields; the family ran off to their house and began to throw various objects at them in self-defense, whereupon the offenders set fire to the house. Zeus would not let his favorites die such a miserable death and changed them all into birds: Munichus into a buzzard, Lelante into a green woodpecker, Alcander into a wren, Hyperippe into a loon, Megaletor into an "ich