< Macaria, daughter of Heracles >

1 Origin

Macaria was born in Trachis in 1230 BC.

Macaria's father was Heracles.

Macaria's mother was Deianeira.

2 Family

2.1 Husband of Macaria

The chronicles of the theologian Jerome, who lived in the 5th century AD, state that Oxyntes, the son of Demophon, the son of Theseus, was a descendant of Heracles.

If this is true, Theseus and Heracles were of the same generation, so Demophon's wife must have been the daughter of Heracles.

At the age of 37, Heracles married Deianeira, daughter of Oeneus, who lived in Calydon.

Heracles died at the age of 52.

Heracles and Deianeira had four sons: Hyllus, Ctesippus, Hodites, and Gleneus.

Their only daughter, Macaria, is known.

After Heracles' death, Heracles' children emigrated from Trachis to Tricorythus in Attica, under threat from Eurystheus of Mycenae.

In Tricorythus, there was a spring named after Heracles' daughter Macaria.

Eurystheus was said to have been worried by the fact that Heracles' children were coming of age one after another, and Macaria was of marriageable age.

Demophon was also of marriageable age and lived in the same area, so Jerome's story is likely true.

Iope, the sister of Macaria's guardian Iolaus, was one of the wives of Demophon's father Theseus.

It is assumed that Iolaus introduced Macaria to Demophon, the son of Theseus, brother-in-law of Iolaus.

It is assumed that Macaria's husband was Demophon, the 12th king of Athens.

2.2 Son of Macaria

Macaria and Demophon had a son, Oxyntes.

Oxyntes became the 13th king of Athens.