Macaria
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In Greek mythology, Macaria is a daughter of the divine hero Heracles. After his immolation, Eurystheus hunted down the descendants of the hero, eventually besieging them in Athens. Macaria offered herself as sacrifice in order to save her kin and the city.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Eurystheus
- co occurs with
- Persephone
- child of
- Heracles
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Euripides is the oldest testimony of Macaria's tale, although he might have sourced the myth from a local Athenian legend, or even Aeschylus, an earlier Athenian playwright. The 10th-century Byzantine lexicon Suda mentions a proverbial phrase connected to Macaria”
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