Μ ά κ ι σ τ ος ) ▁was ▁" a ▁surname ▁of ▁Her acles , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁temple ▁in ▁the ▁neighbourhood ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Mac ist us ▁in ▁Tri ph yl ia ". ▁Mak ist os ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁third ▁child ▁of ▁Ath am as ▁and ▁Nep he le , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Greek ▁myth ology . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁original ▁draft ▁outline ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁movie ▁Cab i ria ▁by ▁director ▁Giovanni ▁P astr one , ▁the ▁mus cular ▁hero ' s ▁name ▁had ▁been ▁Er cole . ▁In ▁the ▁re vised ▁script , ▁writer ▁Gab rie le ▁d ' An n un z io ▁gave ▁the ▁character ▁the ▁name ▁Mac iste , ▁which ▁he ▁understood ▁( based ▁on ▁the ▁above ▁or ▁similar ▁sources ) ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁er ud ite ▁syn onym ▁for ▁Her cules . ▁▁▁ ▁By ▁later ▁writers ▁using ▁the ▁character ▁the ▁original ▁et ym ology ▁was ▁generally ▁forgotten , ▁and ▁a ▁folk ▁et ym ology ▁was ▁constructed ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁name ' s ▁super f icial ▁similarity ▁to ▁the ▁Italian ▁word ▁mac ign o ▁" large ▁stone "; ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁films , ▁Mac iste ▁tells ▁another ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁that ▁his ▁name ▁means ▁" born ▁of ▁the ▁rock ", ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁later ▁film , ▁Mac iste ▁is ▁actually ▁shown ▁in ▁one ▁scene ▁appearing ▁from ▁within ▁a ▁solid ▁rock ▁wall ▁in ▁a ▁cave ▁as ▁if ▁by ▁magic . ▁ ▁Cab i