Macaria

Macaria or Makaria (Ancient Greek: Μακαρία, romanized: Makaría, lit. 'blessed one, blessedness'^[1]) is the name of two figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology:

Macaria, daughter of Heracles and Deianira who willingly accepted to be sacrificed in order to save her people.^[2]
Macaria, daughter of Hades, king of the Underworld.^[3]

References

↑ Liddell & Scott 1940, s.v. μακαρία.
↑ Euripides, Children of Heracles 474–607
↑ Suda mu 51; Greek text with English translation at Suda On Line, mu 51.

Bibliography

Euripides, Children of Heracles in Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Online text available at Perseus Digital Library.
Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). Sir Henry Stuart Jones; Roderick McKenzie (eds.). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.

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[2] Euripides, Children of Heracles 474–607

[3] Suda mu 51; Greek text with English translation at Suda On Line, mu 51.

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