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Hesperis (mythology)

Greek mythological figures

Summary

Greek mythological figures

In Greek mythology, Hesperis () 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.

  • Hesperis, one of the Horae.

Notes

References

  • 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. . 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: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
  • Smith, Scott R., and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Hackett Publishing, Indianapolis/Cambridge, 2007. . Google Books.

References

  1. {{LSJ. (esperi/s. Ἑσπερίς. ref
  2. Gantz, p. 7; [[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#27.2 4.27.2].
  3. (1881}}{{Perseus). "In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen". B. G. Teubner.
  4. [[Gaius Julius Hyginus. Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' 183 (Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 158).
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