(). Athenaeus cites in two places (vi. p. 262c.
xiv. p. 639d' the Κωακά of Macareus. As his citation,
the same in both places, is from the third book, we know that the history comprehended at
least three books: but nothing more seems known either of the author or the work, except that
it was written after the time of Phylarchus, from whom Macareus quotes three hexameter lines,
and who appears to have lived in the reign of Ptolemy Euergetes and Ptolemy Philopator, kings
of Egypt, i. e. B. C. 246-204. (Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. p. 367.)