Emathus

A son of Macedon and brother of Pierus, from whom Emathia, that is Macedonia, was believed to have derived its name.1 The daughters of Pierus (the Pierides) are sometimes called after their uncle Emathides.2

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References

Notes

  1. Eustathius on Homer, p. 980.
  2. Ovid. Metamorphoses v, 669.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.