Concept
Hesperus
Overview
In Greek mythology, Hesperus (; Ancient Greek: Ἕσπερος, lit. 'evening') is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the "Morning Star"). Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper (cf. "evening", "supper", "evening star", "west").
By one account, Hesperus' father was the mortal Cephalus, while Phosphorus' father was the star god Astraeus. Other sources, however, state that Hesperus was the brother of Atlas, and thus the son of Iapetus.
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In the second and third place, they thus distinguished the deities into those which are beneficial and those that are injurious to mankind. Those which are beneficial they call Jupiter, Juno, Mercury, Ceres; those who are mischievous the Dirae, Furies, and Mars. These, which threaten dangers and violence, men endeavor to appease and conciliate by sacred rites. The fourth and the fifth order of gods they assign to…
Plutarch, Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3
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The ichor,--such As from the blessed gods may flow; for they Eat not the wheaten loaf, nor drink dark wine; And therefore they are bloodless, and are called Immortal. BRYANT, _Iliad_, Book V. Crying aloud with pain, the goddess dropped her son from her arms, but Apollo enveloped him in a thick cloud, thus saving him from the wrath of the furious Greeks.
Michael Clarke, The Story of Troy
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The first Venus, who has a temple at Elis, was the daughter of Coelus and Dies. The second arose out of the froth of the sea, and became, by Mercury, the mother of the second Cupid. The third, the daughter of Jupiter and Diana, was married to Vulcan, but is said to have had Anteros by Mars. The fourth was a Syrian, born of Tyro, who is called Astarte, and is said to have been married to Adonis. I have already…
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth
States what Hesperus is.
Philosophers who discussed Hesperus
Related ideas
- Phosphorus (morning star)
- Jerome
- Greek mythology
- Roman mythology
- Semantics
- Vespasian
- Ovid
- Book of Isaiah
- Saul Kripke
- Gottlob Frege
- Apollo
- Proper noun
- A priori and a posteriori
- Philosophy of language
- Metamorphoses
Place in the tradition
Part of Analytic philosophy.