Maeonius

Mæŏnĭus, (12) a, um (Μαιόνιος), ¶ 1 de Méonie, lydien : Virg. En. 9, 546 ; Ov. M. 2, 252 || dʼHomère, épique : Ov. P. 3, 3, 31 ; 4, 12, 27 ¶ 2 Étrusque : Ov. M. 4, 423 ; Sil. 10, 40, etc.

Maeo'nius

the cousin, or, according to Zonaras, the nephew of Odenathus, whom he murdered in consequence of a hunting quarrel, not, it is said, without the consent of Zenobia, who was filled with jealous rage on perceiving that her husband preferred Herodes, his son by a former marriage, to her own children, Herennianus and Timolaus. Maeonius finds a place among the thirty tyrants enumerated by Trebellius Pollio [Aureolus], and a coin of very doubtful character is described in the Pembroke collection with the legend Imp. C. Maeonius; but those published by Goltzius are unquestionably spurious. (Trebell. Poll. Trig. Tyrann. 16.) [W.R]

Maeo'nius, A'styanax

is quoted by Trebellius Pollio as his authority for the speeches of Macrianus and Balista [Balista; Macrianus], when the former was induced to assume the purple after the capture of Valerianus by the Persians. Maeonius was, we are told, actually present at the meeting where the discussion took place. (Trebell. Poll. Trig. Tyrann. 11.) [W.R]

Maeonius adj.,

• of Maeonia, Lydian, V., O.— Of Homer, Homeric, epic: carmen, H., O.—Etrurian: nautae, O.