Editing Macar

{{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>

==See also==
*Macaristan (in Turkish) and Al Majar (in Arabic) names for [[Hungary]] based on its name, Magyarország, in Hungarian.

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|Dionysus of Halicarnassus]], ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
*Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0572 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at theio.com]
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]


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