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 to Hesiod's "Eoiae" or "Catalogue of Women" on the origin of the Greeks, the son of Thyia and Zeus, brother of Thessalian Magnes and cousin of Boeotian or Epirotan Graecus. His mother Thyia was the daughter of the Greek progenitors Deucalion and Pyrrha and sister of Hellen, who together with his three sons Dorus, Xuthus (with his sons Ion and Achaeus) and Aeolos, comprised the set of the basic 7 ancient tribes that formed the Hellenic nation. The above genealogy is also quoted by the Macedonian historian Marsyas 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 of Aeolus,who was son of Hellen and founder of the Aeolian Greek tribe.
*In the Hellenistic Egyptian tradition,which is referred by Diodorus Siculus(1.18) [* [http://books.google.com/books?id=sXiMtMnPHikC&pg=PA83&dq=Diodorus+Macedon+Wepwawet+Macedonia&sig=K1Db2TzTHxOiN6ONCNNTS2fsNUk Diodorus Siculus by Anne Burton] ] ,citing Hecataeus of Abdera,Makednos was identified with Egyptian wolf-god Wepwawet son of Osiris.
*According to Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus),(3. 96) Makednos was one of the 50 sons of Lycaon king of Arcadia, while Claudius Aelianus in the story of Pindus made Makednos son of Lycaon king of Emathia and Pindus son of Macedon.
*In the second half of the fourth century, Marsyas of Pella made Emathus and Pierus sons of Makednos and eponymous of these two regions in Ancient Macedonia. Theagenes (2nd c.BC) in his Makedonika, who is quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium (s.v. Makedonia) added more sons : Europus ,Beres ,Atintan and Oropus.

See also

*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]