Aegle (mythology)

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{{Short description|Name of several different figures in Greek mythology}}
{{Greek myth (nymph)}}
'''Aegle''' ({{langx|grc|Αἴγλη}} "brightness" or "dazzling light") is the name of several different figures in [[Greek mythology]]:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bell|first=Robert E.|title=Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=1991|isbn=9780874365818|pages=8}}</ref>
*Aegle, one of the daughters of [[Asclepius]].<ref>[[Pliny the Elder]], ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Naturalis Historia]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001.perseus-eng1:35.40 35.40.31].</ref> Her name is said to have derived from "Αἴγλη" ("Aegle"), meaning "Brightness," or "Splendor," either from the beauty of the human body when in good health, or from the honor paid to the medical profession.<ref>{{Citation | last = Greenhill | first = William Alexander | contribution = Aegle (5) | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 27 | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html | access-date = 2007-10-19 | archive-date = 2007-09-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070906132727/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*Aegle, the most beautiful of the [[Naiad]]s,<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Eclogues]]'' 6.20</ref> daughter of [[Zeus]] and [[Neaera (mythology)|Neaera]],<ref>{{cite DGRBM|title=Aegle (1)|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D6%3Aentry%3Daegle-bio-1}}</ref> by whom [[Helios]] begot the [[Charites]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.35.1</ref>
*Aegle, one of the [[Heliades]], a sister of [[Phaethon|Phaeton]], and daughter of [[Helios]] and [[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#154 154] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#156 156]</ref> In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into [[Populus|poplar]]s.
*Aegle, one of the [[Hesperides]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus|Apollodorus]], 2.5.11; [[Servius (grammarian)|Servius]] ad Virgil, ''[[Aeneid]]'' 4.84</ref>
*Aegle, another name of [[Coronis (lover of Apollo)|Coronis]], daughter of [[Phlegyas]] and lover of [[Apollo]].<ref name="Isyllus, Hymn to Asclepius">[[Isyllus]], ''Hymn to Asclepius'' [http://www.attalus.org/poetry/paeans.html#F 128.37 ff.]</ref>
*Aegle, was a daughter of [[Panopeus (mythology)|Panopeus]], the [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocian]] hero. She was said to be one who was beloved by [[Theseus]], and for whom he forsook [[Ariadne]].<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 20; [[Athenaeus]], 13, p. 557</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | contribution = Aegle (1), (2), (3) and (4) | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 27 | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html | access-date = 2007-10-19 | archive-date = 2007-09-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070906132727/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Aegle, nurse of Dionysus<ref>[[Nonnus]], 14.221</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]]. ''[[Deipnosophistae|The Deipnosophists]] or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Athenaeus of Naucratis. ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. [[ABC-Clio]]. 1991. {{ISBN|9780874365818|0874365813}}.
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Pliny the Elder]], ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|The Natural History]].'' John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Pliny the Elder, ''Naturalis Historia.'' Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0138 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Plutarch]], ''Lives'' with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0075 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[Eclogues]]''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1895. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0057 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics'', ''Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0056 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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