- Makednos
Makednos, also Makedon or Macedon ( _el. Μάκεδνος or Μακεδνός (Audio-IPA|Ell-Makednos.ogg| ["Makednós"] note:
Modern Greek pronunciation),"Mákednos" or, Μακεδών "Makedōn" or poetic Μακηδών "Makēdōn"), was, according toHesiod 's "Eoiae" or "Catalogue of Women " on the origin of theGreeks , the son ofThyia andZeus , brother ofThessalian Magnes and cousin ofBoeotian or EpirotanGraecus . His motherThyia was the daughter of the Greek progenitorsDeucalion andPyrrha and sister ofHellen , who together with his three sonsDorus ,Xuthus (with his sons Ion and Achaeus) andAeolos , comprised the set of the basic 7 ancient tribes that formed the Hellenic nation. The above genealogy is also quoted by the Macedonian historianMarsyas of Pella .Makednos or Makedon, meaning "tall" or "highlander", was the tribal name of the
ancient Macedonians .Later traditions
*According to
Hellanicus Makednos was one of the 10 sons ofAeolus ,who was son ofHellen and founder of the Aeolian Greek tribe.
*In theHellenistic Egyptian tradition,which is referred byDiodorus Siculus (1.18) [* [http://books.google.com/books?id=sXiMtMnPHikC&pg=PA83&dq=Diodorus+Macedon+Wepwawet+Macedonia&sig=K1Db2TzTHxOiN6ONCNNTS2fsNUk Diodorus Siculus by Anne Burton] ] ,citingHecataeus of Abdera ,Makednos was identified with Egyptian wolf-godWepwawet son ofOsiris .
*According toBibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) ,(3. 96) Makednos was one of the 50 sons of Lycaon king ofArcadia , whileClaudius Aelianus in the story of Pindus made Makednos son of Lycaon king ofEmathia and Pindus son of Macedon.
*In the second half of the fourth century,Marsyas of Pella madeEmathus andPierus sons of Makednos and eponymous of these two regions in Ancient Macedonia. Theagenes (2nd c.BC) in his Makedonika, who is quoted byStephanus of Byzantium (s.v. Makedonia) added more sons :Europus ,Beres ,Atintan and Oropus.See also
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Macedon
*Ancient Macedonians
*Ancient Greece
*Hellen
*Vergina Sun
*Kings of Macedon Notes
References
*Hammond, Macedonia II 3-14
*Hesiod , "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women ", c.700 BC.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=X1UFIl4OYi0C&pg=PA247&dq=Hellanicus+Aeolus Hellanici Lesbii fragmenta]
*The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions [http://books.google.com/books?id=bxt75JJ_v2gC&pg=PA81&dq=Theagenes++Makedonika&sig=bFsnsGd_sun1LvVxFtR6qZFw0Wg#PPA80,M1] by Richard L. Hunter
*Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings - Page 240 [http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=second+half+of+the+fourth+century%2C+when+Marsyas+of+Pella+made+Amathos+and&btnG=Search] by Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos (Marsyas of Pella)External links
* [http://mythindex.com/greek-mythology/M/Macedon.html Greek Myth Index - Macedon]
* [http://www.macedonia.com/english/history/ History of Macedon]
* [http://vergina.eng.auth.gr/macedonia/ Macedonia - The Historical Profile]
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