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	'''Coenus''' or '''Koinos''' ({{lang-grc-gre\|Κοῖνος}}) was, after ], the second king of the ancient kingdom of ] in ].		'''Coenus''' or '''Koinos''' ({{lang-grc-gre\|Κοῖνος}}) was, after ], the second king of the ancient greek kingdom of ] in ].

	The Macedonian historian ] relates the following aetiological story regarding his name:<ref>Kleine philologische Schriften: Zur griechischen Literatur By ] (1866) Leipzig</ref><ref>The history of Alexander the Great by Charles Alexander Robinson Page 169 (1953)</ref> "...a certain Knopis from ] 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 ] relates the following aetiological story regarding his name:<ref>Kleine philologische Schriften: Zur griechischen Literatur By ] (1866) Leipzig</ref><ref>The history of Alexander the Great by Charles Alexander Robinson Page 169 (1953)</ref> "...a certain Knopis from ] 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). King of Macedon

Coenus
King of Macedon
Reign	unknown
Predecessor	Caranus
Successor	Tyrimmas

Issue	Tyrimmas
Dynasty	Argead dynasty
Father	Caranus
Mother	unknown
Religion	Ancient Greek religion

Coenus or Koinos (Template:Lang-grc-gre) was, after Karanus, the second king of the ancient greek kingdom of Macedon in Ancient Greece.

The Macedonian historian Marsyas of Pella relates the following aetiological story regarding his name: "...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)".

References

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

v t e Kings of Macedon
Legendary	Caranus Coenus Tyrimmas	Vergina Sun
Argead dynasty	Perdiccas I Argaeus I Philip I Aeropus I Alcetas Amyntas I Alexander I Perdiccas II Archelaus Orestes Aeropus II Amyntas II Pausanias Amyntas III Argaeus II Alexander II Ptolemy of Aloros Perdiccas III Amyntas IV Philip II Alexander III (the Great) Philip III Alexander IV
Antipatrid dynasty	Cassander Philip IV Antipater I Alexander V
Dynastic conflict	Demetrius I Pyrrhus Lysimachus Ptolemy Ceraunus Meleager Antipater II Sosthenes Antigonus II Pyrrhus
Antigonid dynasty	Antigonus II Demetrius II Antigonus III Philip V Perseus
Post-Conquest Rebel Kings	Andriscus Pseudo-Alexander Pseudo-Philip/Pseudo-Perseus Euephenes
Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.

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