Macareus (son of Aeolus)

Macareus (/məˈkæriəs, -ˈkɑːrjs/; Ancient Greek: Μακαρεύς Makareus 'happy'[1]) or Macar (/ˈmkər/; Ancient Greek: Μάκαρ Makar) was, in Greek mythology, the son of Aeolus, though sources disagree as to which bearer of this name was his father: it could either be Aeolus the lord of the winds,[2] or Aeolus the king of Tyrrhenia.[3][4] His mother was, at least in the latter case, Amphithea.

Mythology

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Macareus and his sister Canace fell in love with each other and had a child together. Canace was ordered to kill herself and the baby exposed by Aeolus after he had discovered this, and Macareus killed himself.[5]

Macareus, son of Aeolus, is also given as the father of Amphissa or Issa, who was seduced by Apollo in disguise of a shepherd.[6] Ancient sources do not clarify whether she was the child of Macareus by Canace, or a different child by another unknown consort. In Ovid's account the child of Canace apparently doesn't survive.

Notes

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  1. ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 162. ISBN 9780241983386.
  2. ^ Ovid, Heroides 11.6 - 16
  3. ^ Plutarch, Parallela minora 28
  4. ^ Canace, but not Macareus, was included on the list of children of Aeolus the son of Hellen in Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a); Apollodorus, 1.7.3
  5. ^ Ovid, Heroides 11; Plutarch, Parallela minora 28; Hyginus, Fabulae 238 & 242
  6. ^ Pausanias, 10.38.4; Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.124

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