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Macaria

Greek · demigod · heroic age · Recorded classification

Female demigod with posthumous hero-cult; domain (blessed-death) acquired post-mortem.

Parentage

paternal: Heracles
maternal: Deianira

Variant accounts

classification correctionThe named parentage and newly completed Apollodoran ancestry place the record in this registry ancestry band. This updates the prior tier based on incomplete ancestry; the band does not assert an exact biological percentage where coparents or source alternatives remain unresolved.Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.32.6 (primary); Apollodorus, Library 1.7.2–10; 1.8.1 (primary)

Domains

blessed death

Powers

Offer herself willingly to death to win victory for her kin

Relations

sibling: HyllusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.

Sources

existence: Eur. Heracl.; Paus. 1.32.6 (primary)

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