Macistus

For the town of ancient Elis, see Macistus (Elis).

In Greek mythology, Macistus or Makistos (Ancient Greek: Μάκιστος means 'tallest' or 'greatest[1]) may refer to the following person and surname:

* Macistus, a Boeotian prince as the son of King Athamas probably by the cloud-nymph Nephele, thus the brother of Phrixus and Helle. From Macistus, the town of Macistus in Triphylia was believed to have derived its name.[2]
* Makistios, an epithet of Heracles, who had a temple in the neighbourhood of the town of Macistus in Triphylia, Elis (Peloponnese).[3]

## See also

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* Mecisteus

## Notes

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1. ^ LSJ: Attic: mêkistos Doric: μάκιστος
2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Makistos
3. ^ Strabo, 8.3.21, p. 348: 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..

## References

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* Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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