Aegle (mythology)

Aegle (Ancient Greek: Αἴγλη "brightness" or "dazzling light") is the name of several different figures in Greek mythology:[1]

  • Aegle, one of the daughters of Asclepius.[2] Her name is said to have derived from "Αἴγλη" ("Aegle"), meaning "Brightness," or "Splendor," either from the beauty of the human body when in good health, or from the honor paid to the medical profession.[3]
  • Aegle, the most beautiful of the Naiads,[4] daughter of Zeus and Neaera,[5] by whom Helios begot the Charites.[6]
  • Aegle, one of the Heliades, a sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene.[7] In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars.
  • Aegle, one of the Hesperides.[8]
  • Aegle, another name of Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas and lover of Apollo.[9]
  • Aegle, was a daughter of Panopeus, the Phocian hero. She was said to be one who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne.[10][11]
  • Aegle, nurse of Dionysus[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 8. ISBN 9780874365818.
  2. ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.40.31.
  3. ^ Greenhill, William Alexander (1867), "Aegle (5)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 27, archived from the original on 2007-09-06, retrieved 2007-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Virgil, Eclogues 6.20
  5. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aegle (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
  6. ^ Pausanias, 9.35.1
  7. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 154 & 156
  8. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.11; Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 4.84
  9. ^ Isyllus, Hymn to Asclepius 128.37 ff.
  10. ^ Plutarch, Theseus 20; Athenaeus, 13, p. 557
  11. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aegle (1), (2), (3) and (4)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 27, archived from the original on 2007-09-06, retrieved 2007-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Nonnus, 14.221

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aegle". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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