In
Greek mythology
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, Hesperis ( grc, Ἑσπερίς ''Hesperís'' means 'evening')
was (according to one account) the daughter of
Hesperus
In Greek mythology, Hesperus (; grc, Ἕσπερος, Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is one of the ''Astra Planeta''. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Pho ...
, and the mother of the
Hesperides
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides () from their reputed father, the Titan Atlas ...
by
Atlas
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.
Because of her beauty she was also associated with
Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols include ...
.
Classical Literature Sources
Chronological listing of classical literature sources for Hesperis:
* Callimachus, ''Epigram'' 38 (trans. Mair) (Greek poetry C3rd BC)
* Scholiast on Callimachus, ''Epigram'' 38 66 (''Callimachus and Lycophron Aratus'' Mair 1921 pp. 163, 629)
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Library of History'' 4. 26. 3 ff
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Library of History'' 18. 20. 3 ff (trans. Oldfather) (Greek history C1st BC)
* Pliny, ''Natural History'' 4. 12. 58 ff (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st AD)
* Pliny, ''Natural History'' 21. 18 ff (trans. Bostock & Riley) (Roman historian C1st AD)
* Pseudo-Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 183 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythography C2nd AD)
* Third Vatican Mythographer, ''Scriptores rerum mythicarum'' 13 (Hercules) 5. 40 ff (ed. Bode) (Greek and Roman mythography C11th AD to C13th AD)
See also
*
Hesperia or Hesperides
*
Hesperium
Hesperium (or esperium; atomic symbol Es) was the name assigned to the element with atomic number 94, now known as plutonium.
It was named in Italian ''Esperio'' after a Greek name of Italy, Hesperia, "the land of the West".
The same team assigned ...
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Hesperos or Hesperus
References
Greek goddesses
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