In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, Beres () son of
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 immigr ...
, 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
Beroea (or Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus ...
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
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