Makednos, also spelled as Makedon or Macedon - ancient Greek: Μακεδών Makedōn, colloquial Greek: Μακεδόνας Makedōnas, poetic Greek: Μακηδόνας Makedōnas. Makednos (Μακεδνός) is a municipality in the Kastoria Prefecture, Greece. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... A colloquialism is an informal expression, that is, an expression not used in formal speech or writing. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

According to Hesiod's "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or Catalogue of Women^[1] on the origin of the Greeks, the son of Thyia and Zeus, brother of Magnes and cousin of Graecus. His mother Thyia was the daughter of the Greek progenitors Deucalion and Pyrrha and sister of Hellen, who together with his three sons Dorus, Xuthus (with his sons Ion and Achaeus) and Aeolos, comprised the set of the basic 7 ancient tribes that formed the Greek/Hellenic nation. Roman bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now identified by some as possibly Hesiod Hesiod (Hesiodos, ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer, with whom Hesiod is often paired, have been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived... The Catalogue of Women (Greek: γυναικῶν κατάλογος, gynaikon katalogos) is an epic of ancient Greek literature. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology Magnes is the name of two men. ... Graecus (or Græcus in Greek ) was, according to Hesiods (probably) Eoiae (Greek : Ηοίαι) or Catalogue of Women[1] on the origin of the Greeks, the son of Pandora and Zeus and brother of Magnetas and Macedon. ... Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukálion (new-wine sailor) was the name of at least two figures: a son of Prometheus, and a son of Minos. ... Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing rocks that become babies. ... Note: Hellen was not the same person as Helen of Troy, or Helenus, son of King Priam of Troy. ... In Greek mythology, Dorus is the name of several individuals: Dorus was a son of Hellen and founder of the Dorian nation. ... In Greek mythology, Xuthus (Classical Greek ) was a son of Hellen and Orseis and founder (through his sons) of the Achaean and Ionian nations. ... According to Greek mythology, Ionas (sometimes called also Ion) was the illegitimate child of Creüsa, daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Xuthus. ... For other uses, see Achaeus. ... Aeolus (or Aiolos, Αἴολος) in Greek Mythology was the Keeper of the Winds. ... Hellenic may refer to: the Hellenic Republic (the modern Greek state) the Hellenes, itself a term for either ancient or modern Greeks anything related to Greece in general or Ancient Greece in particular. ...

The etymology of the word Makednos (ancient Greek: Μακεδνός Makednōs) or Makedon, which means "the tall one" or "of tall appearance" together with that of the word "Makednoi" (ancient Greek: Μακεδνoί) or "Makedones" (ancient Greek: Μακεδόνες), the ancient name of the tribe of Macedonians, is sythesised by the prefix mak- (Greek: μακ-) meaning "big" or "tall" (of which derivatives are also latinised prefixes such as max-imum or mega-lithic) and the adjective dnōn (Greek: -δνών, from δνέω(δν~ώ)) meaning "of body" or "of physical appearance". Note: This article contains special characters. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ...

See also

• Graecus
• Macedon
• Ancient Greece
• Vergina Sun
• Kings of Macedon
• Alexander the Great

Graecus (or Græcus in Greek ) was, according to Hesiods (probably) Eoiae (Greek : Ηοίαι) or Catalogue of Women[1] on the origin of the Greeks, the son of Pandora and Zeus and brother of Magnetas and Macedon. ... Ancient Macedons regions and towns Macedon or Macedonia (Greek ) was the name of an ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece, bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around nine hundred years. ... The Vergina Sun or Star of Vergina is a symbol of a stylised star with sixteen rays. ... Macedon (also known as Macedonia) was an ancient kingdom in the present-day territory of northern Greece and a small part of the republic of Macedonia, inhabited by the Ancient Macedonians. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ...

Notes

1. ^ Hesiod , "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women", c.650 BC.

The Catalogue of Women (Greek: γυναικῶν κατάλογος, gynaikon katalogos) is an epic of ancient Greek literature. ...

References

Hesiod , "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women", c.650 BC. The Catalogue of Women (Greek: γυναικῶν κατάλογος, gynaikon katalogos) is an epic of ancient Greek literature. ...

External links

• History of Macedon
• Macedonia, The Historical Profile