Aglaia (mythology)
Characters in Greek mythology
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Aglaea (/əˈɡliːə/) or Aglaia (/əˈɡlaɪə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαΐα, romanized: Aglaiê, lit. 'glory', 'splendor', 'brilliant', or 'shining one'means'[citation needed]) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:[1]
- Aglaia (Grace), one of the three Charites.
- Aglaea or Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus.[2]
- Aglaea, mother of Melampus and Bias by Amythaon.[3]
- Aglaea, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede[4] or by one of his many wives.[5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,[6] Aglaia with her other sisters, except for one,[7] all laid with the hero in a night,[8] a week[9] or for 50 days[10] as what their father strongly desired it to be.[11] Aglaia bore Heracles a son, Antiades.[12]
- Aglaea, a nymph who became the mother, by King Charopus of Syme, of Nireus.[13][14] The latter was second in beauty among Achaeans after Achilles.
