Curse of Makarios

The Curse of Makarios refers to the ending of Dynasties by infertility due to ending of the Xanthian and Alecti Dynasties for that reason. The phenomena is named after Makarios, last in the line of Xanthos. The term was coined by historians after Dalcion, second son of King Alecto, was found to be infertile, ending his fathers line.

Though used in its narrow sense by historians, the term began to be used by educated people in reference to general infertility. The term seeped into the vernacular of the common folk slightly, though it mostly remained a high-class slang.