Megareus
- of or belonging to the city of Megara (in Megaris), Megarean (class.): Euclides Socratis discipulus, Megareus, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 42, 129.
- a son of Neptune, and father of Hippomenes, Hyg. Fab. 157 and 185; Ov. M. 10, 605.
- —Hence, Mĕgărēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Megareus, Megareian (poet.): heros, i.e. Hippomenes, Ov. M. 10, 659.
(Μεγαρεύς), a son of Onchestus, is also called a son of Poseidon by Oenope, of Hippomenes, Apollo, or Aegeus. (Apollod. 3.15.8; Paus. 1.39.5; Ov. Met. 10.605; Hyg. Fab. 157; Steph. Byz. s. v. Μέγαρα.) He was a brother of Abrote, the wife of Nisus, and the father of Euippus, Timalcus, and Euaechme, to whom Ovid adds a fourth, Hippomenes. (Paus. 1.41.4; Plut. Quaest. Graec. 16.) According to a Boeotian tradition, Megareus with his army went to the assistance of Nisus, king of Megara, against Minos ; but he fell in battle, and was buried at Megara, which was called after him, for its previous name had been Nisa. (Apollod. l.c.; Paus. 1.39.5, 42.1.) According to a Megarian tradition, which discarded the account of an expedition of Minos against Megara, Megareus was the husband of Iphinoe, the daughter of Nisus, and succeeded his father-in-law in the government of Megara, which he left to Alcathous, because his own two sons had died before him. (Paus. 1.39.5; comp. Alcathous.) [L.S]
(Μεγαρεύς). The son either of Onchestus or of Poseidon, and father of Hippomenes and Evaechmé.
- Paus. 10.20.4
- comes from Onchestus to Megara: Apollod. 3.15.7
- slain by Minos: Apollod. 3.15.7
- dwelt at Onchestus: Paus. 1.39.5
- gives his name to Megara: Paus. 1.39.5
- succeeds Nisus on throne of Megara: Paus. 1.39.6
- gives his daughter in marriage to Alcathous: Paus. 1.41.3
- his tomb: Paus. 1.42.1