Aglaia (mythology)
Aglaea (/əˈɡliːə/) or Aglaïa (/əˈɡlaɪə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαΐα "splendor, brilliant, shining one") is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:
- Aglaia, one of the three Charites.
- Aglaea, the goddess/personification of the glow of good health, and a daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Her sisters are Hygieia, Panacea, Aceso, and Iaso,[1][2] and her brothers were Machaon, Podaleirios and Telesphoros.
- Aglaea or Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus.[3]
- Aglaea, daughter of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Antiades.[4]
- Aglaea, a nymph. She is the mother, by Charopus, of Nireus.[5][6][7]
- Aglaea, mother of Melampus and Bias by Amythaon.[8]
Notes
- Greek Lyric Anonymous, Fragments 939 (Inscription from Erythrai) (trans. Campbell)
- Suidas s.v. Epione (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon 10th century AD)
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2.2.1
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8
- Homer, Iliad 2.671
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 5.53.2
- Hyginus, Fabulae 97
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.68.3
References
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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