Macistus

Macistus or makistos is a term derived from Doric Greek meaning tallest or greatest.[1]

Mythology

Makistios was an epithet of Heracles, who had a temple in the neighbourhood of the town of Macistus in Triphylia, Elis (Peloponnese).[2] Macistus was also a son of Athamas and brother of Phrixus, from whom the town of Macistus in Triphylia was believed to have derived its name.[3]

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Citations

  1. ↑ LSJ: Attic: mêkistos Doric: μάκιστος
  2. ↑ Strabo. Geographica, 8.3.21: ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ το τε τοῦ Μακιστίου Ἡρακλέους ἱερόν ἐστι και ὁ Ἀκίδων ποταμός — In the intervening space are both the temple of the Macistian Heracles and the Acidon River..
  3. ↑ Steph. Byz. s. v. Makistos.

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