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Macaria or Makaria (Template:LangxTemplate:Sfn) is the name of two figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology:
- Macaria, daughter of Heracles and Deianira who willingly accepted to be sacrificed in order to save her people.<ref>Euripides, Children of Heracles 474–607</ref>
- Macaria, daughter of Hades, king of the Underworld.<ref>Suda mu 51; Greek text with English translation at Suda On Line, mu 51.</ref>
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Bibliography
- Euripides, Children of Heracles in Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Online text available at Perseus Digital Library.
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