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The Grecians supposed the term Macar to signify happy; whence Μακαρες θεοι was interpreted ευδαιμονες: but whether this was the original purport of the word may be difficult to determine.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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Samos and the shady hills of Ida, in Scyros and Phocaea and the high hill of Autocane and fair-lying Imbros and smouldering Lemnos and rich Lesbos, home of Macar, the son of Aeolus, and Chios, brightest of all the isles that lie in the sea, and craggy Mimas and the heights of Corycus and gleaming Claros and the sheer hill of Aesagea and watered Samos and the steep heights of Mycale, in
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Scyros and Phocaea and the high hill of Autocane and fair-lying Imbros and smouldering Lemnos and rich Lesbos, home of Macar, the son of
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Before the battle of the Macar, the Barbarians are awaiting the approach of the
Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons 1905
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Thee too, old man, we learn to have been formerly wealthy: as much as Lesbos, above the seat of Macar, cuts off on the north, and Phrygia beneath, and the boundless Hellespont: among these, O old man, they say that thou wast conspicuous for thy wealth and thy sons.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840
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Macar, as a person, was by some esteemed the offspring of [254] Lycaon; by others, the son of [255] Æolus.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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Many people assumed to themselves this title; and were styled [251] Μακαρες, or Macarians: and various colonies were supposed to have been led by an imaginary personage, Macar, or [252] Macareus.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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All these places were, for a religious reason, so denominated from Macar, a title of the Deity.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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This was a contraction for Macar-Ai, or the place of Macar:
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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This term is often found compounded Macar-On: from whence people were denominated
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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