Hermione

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermione may refer to:

[edit] In fiction

• Hermione (mythology), daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology.
• Harmonia (mythology), goddess 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 Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
• The scornful love of Pyrrhus' and loving mother of Astyanax, in Racine's Andromaque.
• 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 (frigate), 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