Heracles – Deity that the Macedonians is called Arotos / Aretos (the name connects with Macedonian glossa with vague etymology), a mythical birth of the Macedonians and the Macedonian Royal House. Macedonian kings (Aleksandar ⅲ Macedonian, Antigon persecuted, Perseus) offer victims. In the time of Alexander the Great he brings the epithet “Proctor”. In Aiga, an inscription dedicated to Heracles “Patroinoos” was found. In the epigrams of the poet Samos, the Macedonian king Philip ⅴ is a descendant of Heracles. In the s. Redawa H. is recorded as “Thoos Megistos”. Lit.: Isookrats, 3 Wells., Harvard Universitis Press, 1961; Arian, Alexandr’s Anabasa. Prev. M. Buzalkova, Skopje, 2000; N. Proceed, studies on ancient Macedonians, Skopje, 1997. A. Shook.
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