A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

or MACAREUS (Μάκαρ or Μακαρεύς). 1. A son of Helios and Rhodos, or, according to others, a son of Crinacus, who after the murder of Tenages fled from Rhodes to Lesbos. (Hom. Il. 24.544; Diod. 5.56; Plat. de Leg. viii. p. 838; Arnob. ad v. Gent. 4.24; Hgen, ad Hymn. Hom. p. 203.)