Hesperia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hesperia (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερία) or Hesperie (Ἑσπερίη), may refer to the following characters and places:
- Hesperia, one of the Hesperides; in some versions, the daughter of the king of Mauretania, Atlas and Hesperis.
- Hesperia, also called Asterope, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of the river Cebren[1][2]
- Hesperia as "western land" is the ancient Greek name of Italy, also used in Latin epic poetry[3] in gender either a feminine noun or a neuter plural adjective used substantively, spelt the same but with different definite articles, and with the accent shifted from the penult to the antepenult.[4] This becomes Latin Hesperia or Hesperius,[5][6] the latter not a distinct nominal form, but simply an adjective used substantively, viz. Vergil's Aeneid VI, 6.[7]
- Hesperia, the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa, further to the west, used in both Ancient Greek and Byzantine sources.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ Apollodorus (1921). Bibliotheca. Translated by James George Frazer. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. Perseus Project 3.10.1
- ↑ Ovid (1892). Hugo Magnus (ed.). Metamorphoses. Gotha: Friedrich Perthes.Perseus Project Met11.769
- 1 2 Ἑσπερία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ↑ ἑσπέριος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ↑ Hesperia. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ↑ Hesperius. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ↑ Greenough, James (1900). Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Vergil. Boston: Ginn & Co.
litus in Hesperium; quaerit pars semina flammae [Lit. A shore in Hesperia [Italy], one of them seeks the seeds of flame.]
Perseus Project A.6.1
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.