A <em>Macaria</em> species in Washington Co., Maryland (9/21/2021). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide. (Photo ID: 719020 - Psn: 55)

A Macaria species in Washington Co., Maryland (9/21/2021). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.

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<em>Macaria</em> species in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/29/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 438997 - Psn: 76)

Macaria species in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/29/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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<em>Macaria</em> species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/18/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 894373 - Psn: 135)

Macaria species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/18/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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<em>Macaria</em> species in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/16/2016). (c) rodburley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1436490 - Psn: 200)

Macaria species in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/16/2016). (c) rodburley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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<em>Macaria</em> species in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2016). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1436492 - Psn: 200)

Macaria species in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2016). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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A Macaria species in Washington Co., Maryland (9/21/2021). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Steve Scholnick.

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Macaria or Makaria (Ancient Greek: Μακαρία, romanized: Makaría, lit. 'blessed one, blessedness'^[1]) is the name of two figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology:

Macaria, daughter of Heracles and Deianira who willingly accepted to be sacrificed in order to save her people.^[2]
Macaria, daughter of Hades, king of the Underworld.^[3]

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^ Liddell & Scott 1940, s.v. μακαρία.
^ Euripides, Children of Heracles 474–607
^ Suda mu 51; Greek text with English translation at Suda On Line, mu 51.

Bibliography

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Euripides, Children of Heracles in Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Online text available at Perseus Digital Library.
Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). Sir Henry Stuart Jones; Roderick McKenzie (eds.). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.

Macaria sp.

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