Macistus

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

• 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]

See also

• Mecisteus

Notes

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.

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Missing or empty |title= (help)