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Beres (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Beres () son of Makednos, according to Theagenes (2nd century BC) in his Makedonika, who is quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium,Chatzopoulos, Miltiadēs V. ''Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings: a historical and epigraphic study''. Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaïkēs Archaiotētos, 1996, and father of Mieza, Beroea and Olganos In Greek mythology, Olganos (Ancient Greek: ) was a river and river-god, son of Beres in ancient Macedonia. Family Olganos was the first son of Beres and the brother of Mieza and Beroia after whom the Macedonian cities of Mieza (now Naous .... Note References * Place-names in classical mythology: Greece, Robert E. Bell * A history of Macedonia, Volume 1, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Guy Thompson Griffith * Classical philology, Volumes 49–50. JSTOR Mythology of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Characters in Greek mythology {{Greek-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, nature of the world, the lives and activities of List of Greek mythological figures, deities, Greek hero cult, heroes, and List of Greek mythological creatures, mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult (religious practice), cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, and to better understand the nature of myth-making itself. The Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral tradition, oral-poetic tradition most likely by Minoan civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean singers starting in the 18th century BC; eventually the myths of the heroes of the Trojan War and its after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makednos
In Greek mythology, Makedon, also Macedon ( grc, Μακεδών) or Makednos (), was the eponymous ancestor of the ancient Macedonians according to various ancient Greek fragmentary narratives. In most versions, he appears as a native or immigrant leader from Epirus, who gave his name to Macedonia, previously called Emathia according to Strabo, which according to Marsyas of Pella was until then a part of Thrace. Etymology Μακεδών (Makedón) is related to the Greek μᾰκεδνός (makednós, “tall, slim”). Both adjectives traditionally derive from the Indo-European root ''*mak-'' or ''*meh2k-'', meaning "long, slender", cognate with poetic Greek ''makednós'' or ''mēkedanós'' "long, tall", Doric ''mãkos'' and Attic ''mẽkos'' "length", Makistos, the mythological eponym of a town in Elis and an epithet of Heracles, Avestan ''masah'' "length", Hittite ''mak-l-ant'' "thin", Latin ''macer'' "meagre" and Proto-Germanic ''*magraz'' "lean, meager". The same root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes (historian)
''For other persons with the same name, see Theagenes (other)'' Theagenes ( el, Θεαγένης) was a historical writer, of uncertain date. Stephanus of Byzantium frequently quotes from a work of his, entitled ''Macedonica'' (s. v. Altus (Mygdonia) ), as also from another entitled Carica. It is, perhaps, the same Theagenes, who wrote a work on Aegina, quoted by John Tzetzes. He is one of the authors (= ''FGrHist'' 774) whose fragments were collected in Felix Jacoby's ''Fragmente der griechischen Historiker ''Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker'', commonly abbreviated ''FGrHist'' or ''FGrH'' (''Fragments of the Greek Historians''), is a collection by Felix Jacoby of the works of those ancient Greek historians whose works have been lost, but of ...''. References Ancient Greek historians known only from secondary sources {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanus Of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epitome is extant, compiled by one Hermolaus, not otherwise identified. Life Nothing is known about the life of Stephanus, except that he was a Greek grammarian who was active in Constantinople, and lived after the time of Arcadius and Honorius, and before that of Justinian II. Later writers provide no information about him, but they do note that the work was later reduced to an epitome by a certain Hermolaus, who dedicated his epitome to Justinian; whether the first or second emperor of that name is meant is disputed, but it seems probable that Stephanus flourished in Byzantium in the earlier part of the sixth century AD, under Justinian I. The ''Ethnica'' Even as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieza (mythology)
Mieza may refer to : * Mieza, Macedonia, a former village in ancient Macedonia, where Aristotle taught the young Alexander the Great * Mieza, Spain, a municipality in the province of Salamanca, Spain * Mieza nervosa ''Scotura annulata'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Texas, south through Central America (including Panama and Costa Rica) to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República A ..., a moth of the family Notodontidae * Mieza, the daughter of Beres in Greek mythology {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veria
Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-northwest of the capital Athens and west-southwest of Thessaloniki. Even by the standards of Greece, Veria is an old city; first mentioned in the writings of Thucydides in 432 BC, there is evidence that it was populated as early as 1000 BC. Veria was an important possession for Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) and later for the Romans. Apostle Paul famously preached in the city, and its inhabitants were among the first Christians in the Empire. Later, under the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, Veria was a center of Greek culture and learning. Today Veria is a commercial center of Central Macedonia, the capital of the regional unit of Imathia and the seat of a Church of Greece Metropolitan b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olganos
In Greek mythology, Olganos (Ancient Greek: ) was a river and river-god, son of Beres in ancient Macedonia. Family Olganos was the first son of Beres and the brother of Mieza and Beroia after whom the Macedonian cities of Mieza (now Naousa) and Beroia (now Veria) were named. Archaeology An inscribed bust of Olganos (circa. 2nd century) was found at Kopanos / Emathia and is now on display at the Archaeological Museum in Veria Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of ..., Greece. References * Mogens Herman Hansen ''An inventory of archaic and classical poleis'' Thomas Heine Nielsen External links *Akalanthis.gr '- Inscribed bust'' *Epigraphical DatabasMakedonia (Bottiaia) — Mieza: Kopanos — ca. 150-180 AD Potamoi Religion in ancient Macedonia Bottiaea [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mythology Of Macedonia (ancient Kingdom)
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of Narrative, narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or Origin myth, origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not Objectivity (philosophy), objectively true, the identification of a narrative as a myth can be highly controversial. Many adherents of religions view their own religions' stories as truth and so object to their characterization as myth, the way they see the stories of other religions. As such, some scholars label all religious narratives "myths" for practical reasons, such as to avoid depreciating any one tradition because cultures interpret each other differently relative to one another. Other scholars avoid using the term "myth" altogether and instead use different terms like "sacred history", "holy story", or simply "history" to avoid placing pejorative overtones on any sacred narrative. Myths are often endorsed by secular and religious authorities and are close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
