InGreek mythology,Magnes^{[pronunciation?]} (Ancient Greek: Μάγνης) was aThessalian prince who later on became theeponymous first king ofMagnesia.

Magnes was the son ofZeus andThyia, daughter ofDeucalion, and brother ofMakednos.^[1][2] In theBibliotheca, Magnes was placed in the later generation of theDeucalionides, for this time he was the son ofAeolus andEnarete and brother to Aeolian progenitors:Cretheus,Sisyphus,Athamas,Salmoneus,Deion,Perieres,Canace,Alcyone,Pisidice,Calyce andPerimede.^[3]

Magnes married an unnamednaiad that bore himDictys andPolydectes.^[4] The mother and the sons later emigrated and colonized the island ofSeriphos. Polydectes became king of the island while his brother Dictys, a fisherman would later receiveDanae and her sonPerseus.^[5]

Thescholiast ofEuripides called Magnes' wife asPhilodice and his sons,Eurynomus andEioneus.^[6] Otherwise,Eustathius named his wife as a certainMeliboea and mentioned one son,Alector, and added that Magnes called the town ofMeliboea at the foot of mountPelion after his wife and the country of Magnesia after his own name.^[7]

Pierus, the father ofHyacinth by theMuseClio, was also called a son of Magnes.^[8] According toTzetzes, the latter was also said to have fatheredLinus by Clio.^{[9][AI-generated source?]}

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• Princes in Greek mythology
• Kings in Greek mythology
• Children of Zeus
• Deucalionids
• Aeolides
• Mythological Thessalians
• Thessalian mythology
• Progenitors in Greek mythology

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