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

LSJ: Attic: mêkistos Doric: μάκιστος
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..

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.

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