Macareus (son of Aeolus) Macareus (son of Aeolus) Macar (; , "Makar") or Macareus (; , "Makareus" means "happy") was, in Greek mythology, the son of Aeolus, though sources disagree as to which bearer of this name was his father: it could either be Aeolus the lord of the winds, or Aeolus the king of Tyrrhenia. His mother was, at least in the latter case, Amphithea. Macareus and his sister Canace fell in love with each other and had a child together. Canace was ordered to kill herself and the baby exposed by Aeolus after he had discovered this, and Macareus took his own
Cyzicus (mythology) Cyzicus (mythology) In Greek mythology, King Cyzicus or Kyzikos (Ancient Greek: Κυζίκου, "Kuzíkou") was the ruler of the Dolionians, a tribe that inhabited the southern shore of the Propontis (the Sea of Marmara). He gave his name to a city of the same name, Cyzicus, his capital. Cyzicus's parentage is given as Aeneus by Aenete (or Aenippe), daughter of Eusorus; or else Eusorus is given as his father. King Cyzicus is sometimes referred to as a Thessalian migrant (hence his hospitality to the Argonauts, many of whom hailed from Thessaly, including Jason himself). The name Aeneus recalls the Thracian city