Aegle (mythology)

Template:Short description Template:Greek myth (nymph) Aegle (Template:Langx "brightness" or "dazzling light") is the name of several different figures in Greek mythology:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

• Aegle, one of the daughters of Asclepius.<ref>Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 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>Template:Citation</ref>
• Aegle, the most beautiful of the Naiads,<ref>Virgil, Eclogues 6.20</ref> daughter of Zeus and Neaera,<ref>Template:Cite DGRBM</ref> by whom Helios begot the Charites.<ref>Pausanias, 9.35.1</ref>
• Aegle, one of the Heliades, a sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene.<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae 154 & 156</ref> In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars.
• Aegle, one of the Hesperides.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.5.11; Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 4.84</ref>
• Aegle, another name of Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas and lover of Apollo.<ref name="Isyllus, Hymn to Asclepius">Isyllus, Hymn to Asclepius 128.37 ff.</ref>
• Aegle, was a daughter of Panopeus, the 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>Template:Citation</ref>
• Aegle, nurse of Dionysus<ref>Nonnus, 14.221</ref>

References

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• Athenaeus of Naucratis. The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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• Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. Template:ISBN.
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