Magnes (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Magnes (/ˈmæɡˌniːz/; Ancient Greek: Μάγνης means 'the magnet') was a name attributed to several men.

• Magnes, eponym and first king of Magnesia. He was the son of Zeus and Thyia or of Aeolus and Enarete.^[1]
• Magnes, a son of Argos and Perimele, and father of Hymenaeus; from him also a portion of Thessaly derived its name Magnesia.^[2]
• Magnes, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.^[3] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[4]

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• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
• William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London (1873).

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