Macaria

First of all, he invents a daughter for Herakles, called Macaria; in this new version of the famous patriotic myth, it is not merely the Athenians 'military might that saves the day, but Macaria's decision, in response to one of those eleventh-hour oracles that inevitably wreak havoc with the lives of Greek tragic virgins, to die as a sacrificial victim in order to ensure victory in battle.

The Bad Boy of Athens Mendelsohn, Daniel 2003

This is in Augusta J. Evans Wilson's story "Macaria", and many equally extraordinary examples of "prose run mad" are found in the novels of this once noted writer.

A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

She told me of the many adventures of "Macaria" in its early days.

Literary Hearthstones of Dixie La Salle Corbell Pickett 1889

In the pauses of her work she wrote most of her war-novel, "Macaria," which, to a great extent, shared the uncertainties and excitements of the period.

Literary Hearthstones of Dixie La Salle Corbell Pickett 1889

At that time it stood to reason that the kind of literature popular in Southern camps would not appeal forcibly to the approval of the Northern army, and a Federal officer captured and burned all the copies of "Macaria" that he could find.

Literary Hearthstones of Dixie La Salle Corbell Pickett 1889

Went to a music store, bought a book "Macaria," by the author of "Beulah."

Diary, March 19-August 25, 1864. 1864

In Euripides 'play, the unexpected and electrifying entrance of Macaria and her offer of self-immolation dramatizes the need to sacrifice the "personal" and "domestic" — things that tragic women were understood to represent — to the larger civic good; the unusual and even revolutionary impact of her appearance and subsequent action is underscored, in the original, by her apology for appearing in public in the first place, something no nice Athenian girl would do.

The Bad Boy of Athens Mendelsohn, Daniel 2003

The contrast between the two female figures — the self-sacrificing Macaria, and the murderous Alcmene; one concerned only for her family and allies, the other intent on the gratification of private vengeance — could not be greater.

The Bad Boy of Athens Mendelsohn, Daniel 2003

Worse still, Sellars stages the sacrifice of Macaria — beautifully, it is true, and bloodily.

The Bad Boy of Athens Mendelsohn, Daniel 2003

Menoeceus, son of Creon; Macaria, daughter of Hercules; and from later times, Pherecydes the philosopher, slain by the

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003