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{{for|the island once called Macris|Euboea}}
{{for|the island of Attica|Makronisos}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Macris
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| deity_of = Eponym of [[Corfu|Macris]]
| abode = [[Euboea]], later Macris<br>(i.e. Drepane, [[Scheria]], Phaeacia)
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| consort = 
| parents = [[Aristaeus]] and [[Autonoë of Thebes|Autonoë]]
| siblings = [[Actaeon]]
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}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Macris''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Μακρἰς meaning "far away" or "long", a reference to the elongated shape of Euboea) was a daughter of [[Aristaeus]] and [[Autonoe]].

== Mythology ==
Macris reared the young [[Hera]] in [[Euboea]] during the goddess' early childhood. One day Hera’s future husband [[Zeus]] took her away, where Mount [[Cithaeron]], in the words of [[Plutarch]], "afforded them a shady recess, nature’s own bridal-chamber". When Macris came looking for her ward, the mountain-god Cithaeron drove her away from the couple, saying that Zeus was taking his pleasure there with the goddess [[Leto]]. Hera “escaped discovery” from Macris, and was grateful to Leto for lending her name to the young lovers’ affair; implying that Hera had willingly escaped from Macris’ charge.<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA137 137]; [[Plutarch]] [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/plutarch-moralia_fragments_other_named_works_lives/1969/pb_LCL429.287.xml fr. 157 Sandbach, pp. 286&ndash;9] [= ''[[FGrHist]]'' 388 F1 = [[Eusebius]], ''[[Praeparatio evangelica]]'' 3.1.3 ([https://archive.org/details/evangelicaepraep01euse/page/112/mode/2up?view=theater Gifford 1903a, pp. 112&ndash;3]; [https://archive.org/details/eusebius-preparation-for-the-gospel-full-work-gifford-1903-trans/page/91/mode/2up?view=theater Gifford 1903b, p. 92])].</ref>

Sometime later, Macris gave newborn [[Dionysus]] honey to eat on Euboea after [[Hermes]] saved him. Macris was expelled from [[Euboea]] by Hera as punishment. Macris fled to a cave on a small island where she was helped by the goddess [[Demeter]]. Demeter taught the residents of the island how to grow [[cereal]] grain.<ref>Conner, Nancy. "The Everything Book of Classical Mythology" 2ed</ref> According to a [[scholiast]] commenting on verses in [[Argonautica]], the island she fled to was subsequently named after her. [[Apollonius Rhodius]], who composed ''Argonautica'', only refers to the island as ''Drepane'' but he does mention its connection with Macris and Demeter. Modern Scholars have identified the island with modern [[Corfu]], the historical ''Corcyra''. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, the cave where Macris once lived was later the marriage chamber for [[Jason]] and [[Medea]], and the marriage was consummated there on the Golden Fleece. Thereafter Macris's cave was called ''Medea's Cave''.<ref>W.H. Race, ''Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica'', pages 409-421</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'', edited and translated by William H. Race, [[Loeb Classical Library]] No. 1, Cambridge, Massachusetts, [[Harvard University Press]], 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99630-4}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL001/2009/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].
* Conner, Nancy. "The Everything Book of Classical Mythology" 2ed.
* Gifford, E. H. (1903a), ''Eusebii Pamphyli Evangelicae Praeparationis'', Volume I, Oxford, E. Typographeo Academico, 1903. [https://archive.org/details/evangelicaepraep01euse/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive].
* Gifford, E. H. (1903b), ''Eusebii Pamphyli Evangelicae Praeparationis'', Volume III, Oxford, E. Typographeo Academico, 1903. [https://archive.org/details/eusebius-preparation-for-the-gospel-full-work-gifford-1903-trans/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive].
* [[Plutarch]], ''[[Moralia]], Volume XV: Fragments'', translated by F. H. Sandbach, [[Loeb Classical Library]] No. 429, Cambridge, Massachusetts, [[Harvard University Press]], 1969. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99473-7}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL429/1969/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].

[[Category:Women in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Mythology of Dionysus]]
[[Category:Argonautica]]
[[Category:Deeds of Demeter]]
[[Category:Deeds of Hera]]


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