Magnes (mythology)

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