Hesperia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hesperia (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερια) may refer to the following characters and places:
- Hesperia, one of the Hesperides, in some versions (e.g. Pseudo-Apollodorus) the daughter of Hesperus[1]
- Hesperia, also called Asterope, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of the river Cebren[2][3]
- Hesperia as "western land" is the ancient Greek name of Italy, also used in Latin epic poetry,[4] in gender either a feminine noun or a neuter plural adjective used substantively, spelt the same but with different definite articles, and with the accent shifted from the penult to the antepenult.[5] This becomes Latin Hesperia or Hesperius,[6][7] the latter not a distinct nominal form, but simply an adjective used substantively, viz. Vergil's Aeneid VI, 6[8]
- Hesperia, the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa, further to the west, used in both Ancient Greek and Byzantine sources[4]
See also
References
- ^ Apollodorus (1921). Bibliotheca. Translated by James George Frazer. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd.
Perseus Project 2.5.11 in "The Perseus Encyclopedia".
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- ^ Ovid (1892). Hugo Magnus (ed.). Metamorphoses. Gotha: Friedrich Perthes.Perseus Project Met11.769
- ^ a b Ἑσπερία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ ἑσπέριος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ Hesperia. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ^ Hesperius. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ^ Greenough, James (1900). Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Vergil. Boston: Ginn & Co.
litus in Hesperium; quaerit pars semina flammae [Lit. A shore in Hesperia [Italy], one of them seeks the seeds of flame.]
Perseus Project A.6.1
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