Aegle (mythology)

Aegle (mythology)

Aegle (Ancient Greek polytonic|Αἴγλη) is the name of several different figures in Greek mythology:

*Aegle, the most beautiful of the Naiads, daughter of Zeus and Neaera, [Virgil, "Eclogues" vi. 20] , by whom Helios begot the Charites. [Pausanias, ix. 35. § 1]
*Aegle, one of the Heliades, a sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene. [Hyginus, "Fabulae" 154, 156] In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars.
*Aegle, one of the Hesperides. [Apollodorus, ii. 5. § 11] [Servius "ad Aen." iv. 484]
*Aegle, a nymph, and daughter of Panopeus, who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne. [Plutarch, "Theseus" 20] [Athen. xiii. p. 557] [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
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contribution = Aegle (1), (2), (3) and (4)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 27
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html ]
*Aegle, one of the daughters of Asclepius by Lampetia, [Pliny the Elder, "Naturalis Historia" xxxv. 40. § 31] the daughter of the Sun, according to Hermippus, [Hermippus, "ap. Schol. in Aristoph. Plut." 701] or by Epione, according to the Suda. [Suda, "s.v." polytonic|Ηπιόνη] She is said to have derived her name Aegle, "Brightness," or "Splendor," either from the beauty of the human body when in good health, or from the honor paid to the medical profession. [Citation
last = Greenhill
first = William Alexander
author-link =
contribution = Aegle (5)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 27
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html ]

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