MAKEDNOS

'Makednos', also spelled as 'Makedon' or 'Macedon' - ancient Greek: '' ''Makedōn'', colloquial Greek: '' ''Makedōnas'', poetic Greek: '' ''Makedōnas''.
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.
The etymology of the word 'Makednos' (ancient Greek: '' ''Makednōs'') or Makedon, which means '"the tall one"' or '"of tall appearance"' together with that of the word "Makednoi" (ancient Greek: '') or "Makedones" (ancient Greek: ''), 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"'.

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★ Graecus

★ Macedon

★ Ancient Greece

★ Vergina Sun

★ Kings of Macedon

★ Alexander the Great

Notes

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

References

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

External links

★ History of Macedon

★ Macedonia, The Historical Profile