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Macar

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Macar (Μάκαρ) or Macareus (Μακαρεύς) is the name of several individuals in Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

. These are:
  • The son of Aeolus
    Aeolus
    Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

     and either Enarete
    Enarete
    In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancestress of the Aeolians. Her children were Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar, Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and in some myths, Alcyone. She may have been the mother of Arne, if the Aeolus who was her...

     or Amphithea
    Amphithea
    Amphithea is the name of four women in Greek mythology1. Amphithea, wife of Lycurgus, king of Nemea, and mother of Opheltes...

    , and brother of Canace
    Canace
    In Greek mythology, Canace was a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and lover of Poseidon.Canace had seven brothers and six sisters. Her brothers were Athamas, Cretheus, Deioneus, Macar , Perieres, Salmoneus and Sisyphus. Her sisters were Alcyone, Arne, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and Tanagra...

    . Canace
    Canace
    In Greek mythology, Canace was a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and lover of Poseidon.Canace had seven brothers and six sisters. Her brothers were Athamas, Cretheus, Deioneus, Macar , Perieres, Salmoneus and Sisyphus. Her sisters were Alcyone, Arne, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and Tanagra...

     was killed by Aeolus after she fell in love with Macar.

  • One of the Heliadae
    Heliadae
    In Greek mythology, the Heliadae were the seven sons of Helios and Rhode. They were Ochimus, Cercaphus, Macareus, Actis, Tenages, Triopas, and Candalus. They were expert astrologers and seafarers....

    , a son of Rhodus and Helios
    Helios
    In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...

    . Macar, along with his brothers, Triopas
    Triopas
    In Greek mythology, Triopas or Triops was the name of several characters, whose relations are unclear.* Triopas was one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodus. Triopas, along with his brothers, Macar, Actis and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed...

    , Actis
    Actis
    In Greek mythology, Actis was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodus and Helios. Actis, along with his brothers, Triopas, Macar and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed him and Actis escaped to Egypt. According to Diodorus Siculus, Actis built the city...

     and Candalus
    Candalus
    In Greek mythology, Candalus was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodus and Helios. Candalus, along with his brothers, Triopas, Macar and Actis, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed him and Candalus escaped to Caria....

    , were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages
    Tenages
    In Greek mythology, Tenages was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodus and Helios. He was murdered by his brothers, Actis, Triopas, Macar and Candalus, who were jealous of Tenages's skill at science....

    's, skill at science.
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Macar (Μάκαρ) or Macareus (Μακαρεύς) is the name of several individuals in Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

. These are:
  • The son of Aeolus
    Aeolus
    Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

     and either Enarete
    Enarete
    In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancestress of the Aeolians. Her children were Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar, Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and in some myths, Alcyone. She may have been the mother of Arne, if the Aeolus who was her...

     or Amphithea
    Amphithea
    Amphithea is the name of four women in Greek mythology1. Amphithea, wife of Lycurgus, king of Nemea, and mother of Opheltes...

    , and brother of Canace
    Canace
    In Greek mythology, Canace was a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and lover of Poseidon.Canace had seven brothers and six sisters. Her brothers were Athamas, Cretheus, Deioneus, Macar , Perieres, Salmoneus and Sisyphus. Her sisters were Alcyone, Arne, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and Tanagra...

    . Canace
    Canace
    In Greek mythology, Canace was a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and lover of Poseidon.Canace had seven brothers and six sisters. Her brothers were Athamas, Cretheus, Deioneus, Macar , Perieres, Salmoneus and Sisyphus. Her sisters were Alcyone, Arne, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and Tanagra...

     was killed by Aeolus after she fell in love with Macar.

  • One of the Heliadae
    Heliadae
    In Greek mythology, the Heliadae were the seven sons of Helios and Rhode. They were Ochimus, Cercaphus, Macareus, Actis, Tenages, Triopas, and Candalus. They were expert astrologers and seafarers....

    , a son of Rhodus and Helios
    Helios
    In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...

    . Macar, along with his brothers, Triopas
    Triopas
    In Greek mythology, Triopas or Triops was the name of several characters, whose relations are unclear.* Triopas was one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodus. Triopas, along with his brothers, Macar, Actis and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed...

    , Actis
    Actis
    In Greek mythology, Actis was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodus and Helios. Actis, along with his brothers, Triopas, Macar and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed him and Actis escaped to Egypt. According to Diodorus Siculus, Actis built the city...

     and Candalus
    Candalus
    In Greek mythology, Candalus was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodus and Helios. Candalus, along with his brothers, Triopas, Macar and Actis, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed him and Candalus escaped to Caria....

    , were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages
    Tenages
    In Greek mythology, Tenages was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodus and Helios. He was murdered by his brothers, Actis, Triopas, Macar and Candalus, who were jealous of Tenages's skill at science....

    's, skill at science. They killed him. Macar fled to Lesbos
    Lesbos Island
    Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1632 km² with 320 kilometres of coastline, making it the third largest Greek island and the largest of the numerous Greek islands scattered in the Aegean. Administratively, it forms part of the Lesbos Prefecture...

    , where he became king, and took over many of the neighboring islands. Lesbos
    Lesbos Island
    Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1632 km² with 320 kilometres of coastline, making it the third largest Greek island and the largest of the numerous Greek islands scattered in the Aegean. Administratively, it forms part of the Lesbos Prefecture...

    , the god of the island, came to the island and married Macar's daughter, Methymna. His other children were Mytilene and Cydrolaus. In a variant myth, Macar was called the son of Crinacus
    Crinacus
    In Greek mythology, Crinacus was the son of Zeus, and the father of Macar....

    .

  • A companion to Odysseus
    Odysseus
    Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey...

     on his voyages. who also met Aeneas
    Aeneas
    In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas was a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Venus. His father was also the second cousin of King Priam of Troy. The journey of Aeneas from Troy, which led to the founding of the city Rome, is recounted in Virgil's Aeneid...

    .

  • Son of Lycaon
    Lycaon (mythology)
    For the Trojan Lycaon, see Lycaon Lycaon was the cruel king of Arcadia, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, who tested Zeus by serving him a dish of a slaughtered and dismembered child...

    .

  • King of Locris
    Locris
    Locris was a region of ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of two districts...

     and father to Euboea
    Euboea (mythology)
    Euboea is the name of four women in Greek mythology#Euboea or Calchis, a naiad, daughter of the Boeotian river-god Asopus and of Metope. Poseidon abducted her. The island of Euboea was given her name...

    .

  • One of the Lapiths who fought against the Centaurs.