Aegle (mythology)

Aegle (Ancient Greek: Αἴγλη) is the name of several different figures in Greek mythology:
*Aegle, one of the daughters of Asclepius by Epione, according to the SudaSuda, s.v. Ἠπιόνη or by Lampetia,Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35. 40. § 31 the daughter of the Sun, according to Hermippus.Hermippus, in Scholia in Aristophanes, Plutos 701 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.
*Aegle, the most beautiful of the Naiads, daughter of Zeus and Neaera,Virgil, Eclogues 6. 20 by whom Helios begot the Charities.Pausanias, 9. 35. § 1
*Aegle, one of the Heliades, a sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene.Hyginus, Fabulae 154, 156 In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars.
*Aegle, one of the Hesperides.Bibliotheca 2. 5. § 11Servius on Aeneid 4. 484
*Aegle, daughter of Panopeus, who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne.Plutarch, Theseus 20Athenaeus, Banquet of The Learned, 13. p. 557
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