Hesperis (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Hesperis (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίς, romanized: Hesperís, lit. 'evening'[1]) may refer to two separate characters:
- Hesperis, daughter of Hesperus, the brother of Atlas in a rare account. She was given in marriage by her father to her uncle whom she bore seven beautiful daughters called Hesperides after her and Atlantides after their father. Their land, Hesperitis, was named after Hesperis by her husband Atlas.[2][3]
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ἑσπερίς. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ Gantz, p. 7; Diodorus Siculus, 4.27.2.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).Perseus Project A.4.484
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 183 (Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 158).
References
[edit | edit source]- Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Volume II: Books 2.35-4.58, translated by C. H. Oldfather, Loeb Classical Library No. 303, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1935. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. Online version at Harvard University Press. Online version by Bill Thayer.
- Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Vol. 1), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Vol. 2).
- Smith, Scott R., and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Hackett Publishing, Indianapolis/Cambridge, 2007. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. Google Books.
