Editing Macar (section)

{{short description|Various characters in Greek mythology}}
{{for multi|the village in Turkey|Macarköy, Gazipaşa}}
{{distinguish|Majar (disambiguation){{!}}Majar}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Macar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|k|ər}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Μάκαρ ''Makar'') or '''Macareus''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|ær|i|ə|s|,_|-|ˈ|k|ɑːr|j|uː|s}}; Μακαρεύς ''Makareus'' means 'happy'<ref>{{Cite book|last=Graves|first=Robert|title=The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2017|isbn=9780241983386|pages=162}}</ref>) or  '''Macareas''' ({{lang|el|Μακαρέας}}, ''Makareas''), is the name of several individuals:

* Macareus, an [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadian]] prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]] either by the [[naiad]] [[Cyllene (mythology)|Cyllene]],<ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Antiquitates Romanae'' 1.13.1</ref> [[Nonacris (mythology)|Nonacris]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.17.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Nonacris 8.17.6]</ref> or by unknown woman. He was the [[eponym]] of the town of [[Macaria (Arcadia)|Macaria]] in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]].<ref>Pausanias, 8.3.1; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Makareai''</ref> Macareus and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, [[Zeus]] visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Macareus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.8.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=8&highlight=Carteron 3.8.1]</ref>
* [[Macareus (son of Aeolus)|Macareus]], son of [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] and either [[Enarete]] or [[Amphithea]].<ref name="Pseudo-Plutarch">[[Plutarch]], ''Parallela minora'' 28</ref>
*Macareus, a king of [[Locris]] and father to [[Euboea (mythology)|Euboea]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 161</ref> He may be the same with Macareus, father of [[Megaclite]] who consorted with [[Zeus]] and became the mother of [[Thebe (mythology)|Thebe]] and [[Locrus]].<ref>[[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' 10.21</ref>
*[[Macareus of Lesbos|Macareus]], a king of [[Lesbos]] and son of [[Crinacus]].<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#81.4 5.81.4]</ref>
* [[Macareus of Rhodes]], one of the [[Heliadae]], children of [[Rhodos|Rhodus]] and [[Helios]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#57.2 5.57.2]</ref>
*Macareus, one of the [[Lapiths]] at the wedding of [[Pirithous]] and [[Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia]]; he killed the [[Centaur]] [[Erigdupus]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 12.452</ref>
* Macareus, a companion to [[Odysseus]] on his voyages, from [[Nericus]], who also encountered [[Aeneas]]. He was one of those who got transformed into pigs by [[Circe]].<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 14.159 ff.</ref>