Hermione

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Hermione may refer to:

[edit] In fiction

• A daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology; see Hermione (mythology).
• The goddess Harmonia, daughter of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus) and wife of Cadmus, as in "Cadmus et Hermione", a play by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
• Queen Hermione of Sicilia in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
• The scornful love of Pyrrhus and loving mother of Astyanax, in Racine's Andromaque. After Andromache has persuaded Orestes to murder Pyrrhus, in the act of ascending the altar with Hermione, the latter becomes Regent of Epirus.
• Hermione Lodge, literary character in Archie Comics.
• Hermione Bostock, literary character in the fiction of P.G.Wodehouse.
• Hermione Granger, literary character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
• Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet, television character in Monarch of the Glen played by actress Hermione Gulliford.

[edit] Ships

• HMS Hermione, four ships of the Royal Navy.
• Hermione, a french frigate which carried La Fayette to join the American insurgents in their fight for independence in 1780

[edit] Other

• 121 Hermione, an asteroid.
• "Letter to Hermione" is a song by David Bowie from the album Space Oddity.
• The ancient form of the name of the Greek town of Ermioni.
• Codename for Sony Ericssons telephone P990 before it was announced.

[edit] People

• Lasus of Hermione, Greek poet
• Hermione Baddeley (1906-1986), English actress
• Hermione Cobbold (1905-2004), British matriarch
• Hermione Cockburn (1973-), British TV/radio personality
• Hermione Gingold (1897-1987), British actress
• Hermione Gulliford, English actress
• Hermione Hammond (1910-2005), English painter
• Hermione Hannen (1913-1983), English actress
• Hermione Lee (1948-), British critic
• Hermione Norris (1968-), English actress