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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Megareus of Onchestus''' was king of [[Onchestus]] in [[Boeotia]]. He was either son of [[Poseidon]] and Oenope, daughter of [[Epopeus]],<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 157</ref> or of Onchestus ([[eponym]] of their kingdom), or of [[Apollo]], or of [[Aegeus]],<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s. v. ''Megara''</ref> or of Hippomenes.<ref name="Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 15. 8">''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' 3. 15. 8</ref> He came with his army to the assistance of [[Nisos]], husband of his sister [[Abrota]],<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Quaestiones Graecae'', 16</ref> against [[Minos]]. In one version, he died in the battle, and the city of Nisa (Nisos' domain) was renamed Megara in his honor;<ref name="Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 15. 8" /><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 1. 39. 5</ref> in another, he married [[Iphinoe (mythology)|Iphinoe]], daughter of Nisos, and succeeded to his father-in-law's power over Megara.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 1. 39. 6; 1. 41. 5</ref> His children by Iphinoe were Evippus, Timalcus, and Evaechme; he also had a son [[Hippomenes]] by Merope.<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 185</ref> With the aid of the god [[Apollo]], [[Alcathous, son of Pelops|Alcathous]] killed the [[Cithaeronian lion]], for which Megareus gave him his daughter [[Euaechme]] as wife. He subsequently made Alcathous his successor, because his own sons did not outlive him: Evippus was killed by the lion, and Timalcus was slain by [[Theseus]], having joined the [[Dioscuri]] in the campaign against him.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 1. 41. 3</ref> |
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Megareus of Onchestus''' was king of [[Onchestus (city)|Onchestus]] in [[Boeotia]]. He was either son of [[Poseidon]] and Oenope, daughter of [[Epopeus]],<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 157</ref> or of Onchestus ([[eponym]] of their kingdom), or of [[Apollo]], or of [[Aegeus]],<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s. v. ''Megara''</ref> or of Hippomenes.<ref name="Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 15. 8">''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' 3. 15. 8</ref> He came with his army to the assistance of [[Nisos]], husband of his sister [[Abrota]],<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Quaestiones Graecae'', 16</ref> against [[Minos]]. In one version, he died in the battle, and the city of Nisa (Nisos' domain) was renamed Megara in his honor;<ref name="Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 15. 8" /><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 1. 39. 5</ref> in another, he married [[Iphinoe (mythology)|Iphinoe]], daughter of Nisos, and succeeded to his father-in-law's power over Megara.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 1. 39. 6; 1. 41. 5</ref> His children by Iphinoe were Evippus, Timalcus, and Evaechme; he also had a son [[Hippomenes]] by Merope.<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 185</ref> With the aid of the god [[Apollo]], [[Alcathous, son of Pelops|Alcathous]] killed the [[Cithaeronian lion]], for which Megareus gave him his daughter [[Euaechme]] as wife. He subsequently made Alcathous his successor, because his own sons did not outlive him: Evippus was killed by the lion, and Timalcus was slain by [[Theseus]], having joined the [[Dioscuri]] in the campaign against him.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 1. 41. 3</ref> |
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In Greek mythology, Megareus of Onchestus was king of Onchestus in Boeotia. He was either son of Poseidon and Oenope, daughter of Epopeus,[1] or of Onchestus (eponym of their kingdom), or of Apollo, or of Aegeus,[2] or of Hippomenes.[3] He came with his army to the assistance of Nisos, husband of his sister Abrota,[4] against Minos. In one version, he died in the battle, and the city of Nisa (Nisos' domain) was renamed Megara in his honor;[3][5] in another, he married Iphinoe, daughter of Nisos, and succeeded to his father-in-law's power over Megara.[6] His children by Iphinoe were Evippus, Timalcus, and Evaechme; he also had a son Hippomenes by Merope.[7] With the aid of the god Apollo, Alcathous killed the Cithaeronian lion, for which Megareus gave him his daughter Euaechme as wife. He subsequently made Alcathous his successor, because his own sons did not outlive him: Evippus was killed by the lion, and Timalcus was slain by Theseus, having joined the Dioscuri in the campaign against him.[8]
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