Macareus (son of Aeolus)

Macareus or Macar was, in Greek mythology, the son of Aeolus and either Enarete or Amphithea.

He and his sister Canace fell in love with each other and had a child together. Both Canace and the baby were killed by Aeolus after he had discovered this, and Macareus took his own life.[1][2][3]

Macareus, son of Aeolus, is also given as the father of Amphissa or Issa, who was seduced by Apollo in disguise of a shepherd.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Ovid, Heroides, 11
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 238, 242
  3. ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek and Roman Parallel Stories, 28
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 38. 4
  5. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6. 124