Maeonides

(Μαιόνιδης), properly a son of Maeon, the husband of Dindyme, who was the mother of Cybele, or a native of Maeonia, which was the ancient name of a portion of Lydia, but was also applied to the whole country of Lydia. As Homer was believed by some to have been a native of Lydia, lie is sometimes called Maeonides, or the Maeonian bard. The feminine form of this patronymic, Maeonis, also occurs as a surname of Omphale (Ov. Fast. 2.310), and of Arachne (Ov. Met. 6.103), because both were Lydians. [L.S]

• , Μαιονίδης, a Maeonide, native of Maeonia; hence, Homer, O.—Plur, the Etrurians, V.

See Maeonia.