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In Greek mythology, Magnes (/ˈmæɡˌniːz/; Ancient Greek: Μάγνης means 'the magnet') was a name attributed to several men.
- Magnes, eponym and first king of Magnesia. He was the son of Zeus and Thyia[1] or of Aeolus and Enarete.[citation needed]
- Magnes, a son of Argos and Perimele, and father of Hymenaeus; from him also a portion of Thessaly derived its name Magnesia.[2]
- Magnes, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.[3] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[4]
- ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 7 Most, pp. 48, 49 [= fr. 7 Merkelbach-West = Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, 2 (Pertusi, pp. 86–7)].
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 23
- ^ Apollodorus, E.7.29
- ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33