Coenus of Macedon
Coenus | |
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King of Macedon | |
Reign | unknown |
Predecessor | Caranus |
Successor | Tyrimmas |
Issue | Tyrimmas |
Dynasty | Argead dynasty |
Father | Caranus |
Mother | unknown |
Religion | Ancient Greek religion |
Coenus or Koinos (Greek: Κοῖνος) was, after Karanus, the second king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
The Macedonian historian Marsyas of Pella relates the following aetiological story regarding his name:[1][2] "...a certain Knopis from Colchis came to Macedonia and lived in the court of Caranus; when the royal male child was born, Caranus had the desire to name him after his father, Kiraron or Kararon, but the mother opposed and wanted after her father the child to be named. When Knopis was asked responded: by neither name. Therefore he was called Koinos (common)".
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kleine philologische Schriften: Zur griechischen Literatur By Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl Page 454 (1866) Leipzig
- ^ The history of Alexander the Great by Charles Alexander Robinson Page 169 (1953)
Categories:
- 8th-century BC Macedonian monarchs
- Argead kings of Macedonia
- Old Macedonian kingdom
- Mythology of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)