Macaria
Macaria or Makaria (Ancient Greek: Μακαρία, romanized: Makaría, lit. 'blessed one, blessedness'[1] ) is the name of two figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. Although they are not said to be the same and are given different fathers, they are discussed together in a single entry both in the 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia the Suda:
- Macaria, daughter of Heracles and Deianira who willingly accepted to be sacrificed in order to save her people.[2]
- Macaria, daughter of Hades, king of the Underworld.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Liddell & Scott 1940, s.v. μακαρία.
- ^ Euripides, Children of Heracles 474–607
- ^ Suda mu 51; Greek text with English translation at Suda On Line, mu 51.
Bibliography
[edit]- Euripides, Children of Heracles in Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Online text available at Perseus Digital Library.
- Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon, revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Online version at Perseus.tufts project.
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