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]
References
- ↑ Greek Lyric Anonymous, Fragments 939 (Inscription from Erythrai) (trans. Campbell)
- ↑ Suidas s.v. Epione (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon 10th century AD)
- ↑ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 2. 1
- ↑ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 7. 8
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 2. 671
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 53. 2
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 68. 3
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