Aglauros

Aglaurus

Aglaurus

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For the trilobite genus, see Agraulos.
Not to be confused with Agraulis vanillae.

Aglaurus (/əˈɡlɔːrəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄγλαυρος, lit. ''dewfall''[1]) or Agraulus (/əˈɡrɔːləs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄγραυλος, lit. ''rustic one''[2]) is a name attributed to three figures in Greek mythology.[3]

  • Aglaurus, an Athenian princess as the daughter of King Actaeus. She married Cecrops and became the mother of Erysichthon, Aglaurus (see below), Herse, and Pandrosus.[4]
  • Aglaurus, also an Athenian princess as the daughter of Cecrops, who was driven to suicide for ignoring a warning from the goddess Athena.[5]
  • Aglaurus, daughter of an incestuous relationship between Erectheus and his daughter Procris.[6] Aglaurus is also known as Aglauros (most commonly), Aglaulos, Agraulus, Agravlos, or Agraulos. Agraulos ("countryside flute") was probably the original form of the name, with the r and l commonly switched to produce the prevalent Aglauros form.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Graves, Index s.v. Aglaurus.
  2. [2]
    Graves, Index s.v. Agraulos.
  3. [3]
    Bell, p. 16.
  4. [4]
    Apollodorus, 3.14.2; Pausanias, 1.2.5
  5. [5]
    Pausanias, 1.18.2
  6. [6]
    Hyginus, Fabulae 253

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.
  • 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
  • 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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