Aegle
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In Greek mythology, there were at least four different people named Aegle. One belonged to the Hesperides, another to the Heliades, a third a nymph, daughter of Panopeus who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne, and a fourth was a Naiad occasionally considered the mother of the Charites by Helios.
Aegle is also a genus of southern Asian fruit trees, commonly known as the Bael tree.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).