Maeo'nides
(
Μαιόνιδης), properly a son of Maeon, the husband of Dindyme, who was the mother of Cybele, or a native of Maeonia, which was the ancient name of a portion of Lydia, but was also applied to the whole country of Lydia. As Homer was believed by some to have been a native of Lydia, lie is sometimes called Maeonides, or the Maeonian bard.
The feminine form of this patronymic, Maeonis, also occurs as a surname of Omphale (
Ov. Fast. 2.310), and of Arachne (
Ov. Met. 6.103), because both were Lydians.
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