Macar
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.)
2. A son of Aeolus, who committed incest with his sister Canace, and, according to some accounts, killed himself in consequence. (Hyg. Fab. 238; Plut. Parall. Hist. Gr. et Rom.; comp. Aeolus.)
3. A son of Lycaon, from whom the town of Macaria in Arcadia derived its name. (Paus. 8.3.1; Steph. Byz. s. v. Μακαρέαι; Apollod. 3.8.1.)
4. A son of Jason and Medeia, who is also called Mermerus or Mormorus. (Hyg. Fab. 239; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 175; comp. Mermerus.)
5. Of Nericus, one of the companions of Odysseus. (Ov. Met. 14.159.)
6. A Lapithes, who at the wedding of Peirithous slew the centaur Erigdupus. (Ov. Met. 12.452.)
7. The founder of Lesbos, was a son of Crineus and a grandson of Zeus. (Diod. 5.81.) [L.S]
- Paus. 10.38.4