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'''Coenus''' or '''Koinos''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Κοῖνος}}) was, after [[Caranus (king)|Karanus]], the second king of the ancient kingdom of [[Macedon]].
'''Coenus''' or '''Koinos''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Κοῖνος}}) was, after [[Caranus (king)|Karanus]], the second king of the ancient kingdom of [[Macedon]].


The Macedonian historian [[Marsyas of Pella]] relates the following aetiological story regarding his name:<ref>Kleine philologische Schriften: Zur griechischen Literatur By [[Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=_yUZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA454&dq=%CE%9A%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%82#v=onepage&q=%CE%9A%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%82&f=false Page 454] (1866) Leipzig</ref><ref>The history of Alexander the Great by Charles Alexander Robinson Page 169 (1953)</ref> "...a certain Knopis from [[Colchis]] came to Macedonia and lived in the court of Caranus; when the royal male child was born, Caranus had the desire to name him after his father, Kiraron or Kararon, but the mother opposed and wanted after her father the child to be named. When Knopis was asked responded: by neither name. Therefore he was called Koinos (common)".
The Macedonian historian [[Marsyas of Pella]] relates the following aetiological story regarding his name:<ref>Kleine philologische Schriften: Zur griechischen Literatur By [[Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=_yUZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA454&dq=%CE%9A%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%82#v=onepage&q=%CE%9A%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%82&f=false Page 454] (1866) Leipzig</ref><ref>The history of Alexander the Great by Charles Alexander Robinson Page 169 (1953)</ref> "...a certain Knopis from [[Colchis]] came to Macedonia and lived in the court of Caranus; when the royal male child was born, Caranus had the desire to name him after his father, Kiraron or Kararon, but the mother opposed and wanted after her father the child to be named. When Knopis was asked responded: by neither name. Therefore he was called Koinos (common)".

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For Alexander the Great's officer, see Coenus (general).
Coenus
King of Macedon
Reignunknown
PredecessorCaranus
SuccessorTyrimmas
IssueTyrimmas
DynastyArgead dynasty
FatherCaranus
Motherunknown
ReligionAncient Greek religion

Coenus or Koinos (Greek: Κοῖνος) was, after Karanus, the second king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon in Ancient Greece.

The Macedonian historian Marsyas of Pella relates the following aetiological story regarding his name:[1][2] "...a certain Knopis from Colchis came to Macedonia and lived in the court of Caranus; when the royal male child was born, Caranus had the desire to name him after his father, Kiraron or Kararon, but the mother opposed and wanted after her father the child to be named. When Knopis was asked responded: by neither name. Therefore he was called Koinos (common)".

See also

References

  1. ^ Kleine philologische Schriften: Zur griechischen Literatur By Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl Page 454 (1866) Leipzig
  2. ^ The history of Alexander the Great by Charles Alexander Robinson Page 169 (1953)
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