Beres (mythology)

Beres ( Greek Βέρης ) was the eponym of the Thracian city ​​of Beres, which can possibly be identified with Beroia .

Theagenes (2nd century BC) wrote in his not preserved Macedonica that Beres was a son of Macedon and father of Mieza, Beroia and Olganos , eponyms of other Thracian cities. The Macedonica des Theagenes are only quoted in Stephanos of Byzantium .

literature

• Karl Tümpel : Beres 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 290.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βέρης, Βέροια, Μίεζα
2. ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium sv Μίεζα