In Greek mythology, Hesperia (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερια) or Hesperie, may refer to the following characters and places:
- Hesperia, one of the Hesperides; in some versions, the daughter of Hesperus.[1]
- Hesperia, also called Asterope, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of the river Cebren[2][3]
- Hesperia as "western land" is the ancient Greek name of Italy, also used in Latin epic poetry,[4] in gender either a feminine noun or a neuter plural adjective used substantively, spelt the same but with different definite articles, and with the accent shifted from the penult to the antepenult.[5] This becomes Latin Hesperia or Hesperius,[6][7] the latter not a distinct nominal form, but simply an adjective used substantively, viz. Vergil's Aeneid VI, 6[8]
- Hesperia, the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa, further to the west, used in both Ancient Greek and Byzantine sources[4]
Classic Literature Sources
[edit]Chronological listing of classical literature sources for Hesperia:
- Horace, Carminum 1. 36. 1 ff (trans. Bennett) (Roman lyric poetry C1st BC)
- Virgil, The Aeneid 1. 530 ff (trans. Hamilton Bryce) (Roman poetry C1st BC)
- Scholiast on Virgil, The Aeneid 1. 530 (The Works of Virgil trans. Hamilton Bryce 1894 p. 172)
- Virgil, The Aeneid 1. 569 ff (trans. Hamilton Bryce)
- Virgil, Aeneid 2. 780 ff (trans. Fairclough)
- Virgil, The Aeneid 3. 163 ff (trans. Hamilton Bryce)
- Virgil, The Aeneid 3. 185 ff
- Virgil, Aeneid 3. 503 ff (trans. Fairclough)
- Scholiast on Virgil, Aeneid 3. 503 (Virgil trans. Fairclough 1938 Vol 1 p. 589)
- Virgil, The Aeneid 4. 272 ff (trans. Hamilton Bryce)
- Virgil, Aeneid 7. 1 ff (trans. Fairclough)
- Virgil, Aeneid 7. 41 ff
- Virgil, Aeneid 7. 540 ff
- Virgil, The Aeneid 8. 148 ff (trans. Hamilton Bryce)
- Virgil, Aeneid 12. 360 ff (trans. Fairclough)
- Propertius, Elegies, 4. 1a. 86 ff (trans. Butler) (Latin poetry C1st BC)
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 11. 760-795 (end) (trans. Miller) (Roman epic poetry C1st BC to C1st AD)
- Seneca, Medea 725 ff (trans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st AD
- Seneca, Hippolytus 568 ff (trans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st AD
- Statius, Thebaid 10. 1 (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic poetry C1st AD)
- Petronius, Satyricon 154 ff (trans. Heseltine) (Roman satire C1st AD)
- Silius, Punica 4. 815 ff (trans. Duff) (Roman epic poetry C1st AD)
- Silius, Punica 17. 219 ff
- Lucan, Pharsalia 1. 29 (trans. Riley) (Roman poetry C1st AD)
- Lucan, Pharsalia 1. 224
- Lucan, Pharsalia 1. 404
- Scholiast on Lucan, Pharsalia 1. 404 (The Pharsalia of Lucan trans. Riley 1853 p. 24)
- Lucan, Pharsalia 1. 505
- Scholiast on Lucan, Pharsalia 1. 505 (The Pharsalia of Lucan trans. Riley 1853 p. 35)
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 293
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 410
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 433
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 441
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 534
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 608
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 614
- Lucan, Pharsalia 2. 734
- Lucan, Pharsalia 3. 66
- Lucan, Pharsalia 5. 38
- Lucan, Pharsalia 5. 266
- Lucan, Pharsalia 5. 329
- Lucan, Pharsalia 5. 534
- Lucan, Pharsalia 5. 691
- Lucan, Pharsalia 5. 703
- Lucan, Pharsalia 6. 322
- Lucan, Pharsalia 7. 403
- Lucan, Pharsalia 7. 871
- Scholiast on Lucan, Pharsalia 7. 871 (The Pharsalia of Lucan trans. Riley 1853 p. 292)
- Lucan, Pharsalia 8. 189
- Lucan, Pharsalia 8. 285
- Lucan, Pharsalia 8. 351
- Lucan, Pharsalia 8. 768
- Lucan, Pharsalia 8. 826
- Lucan, Pharsalia 10. 62
- Scholiast on Lucan, Pharsalia 10. 62 (The Pharsalia of Lucan trans. Riley 1853 p. 387)
- Lucan, Pharsalia 10. 450
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 2. 5. 11 ff (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythography C2nd AD)
- Servius, Servii Grammatici In Vergilii Aeneidos 1. 530 (trans. Thilo & Hagen) (Greek commentary C4th AD to 5th AD)
- Servius, Servii Grammatici In Vergilii Aeneidos 2. 780
- Servius, Servii Grammatici In Vergilii Aeneidos 3. 501. 15 ff
- Servius, Servii Grammatici In Vergilii Aeneidos 4. 36
- Servius, Servii Grammatici In Vergilii Aeneidos 7. 3
- Servius, Servii Grammatici In Vergilii Aeneidos 8. 328
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Apollodorus (1921). Bibliotheca. Translated by James George Frazer. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd.
Perseus Project 2.5.11 in "The Perseus Encyclopedia".
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(help)Perseus Project hesperia - ^ Apollodorus (1921). Bibliotheca. Translated by James George Frazer. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. Perseus Project 3.10.1
- ^ Ovid (1892). Hugo Magnus (ed.). Metamorphoses. Gotha: Friedrich Perthes.Perseus Project Met11.769
- ^ a b Ἑσπερία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ ἑσπέριος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ Hesperia. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ^ Hesperius. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ^ Greenough, James (1900). Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Vergil. Boston: Ginn & Co.
litus in Hesperium; quaerit pars semina flammae [Lit. A shore in Hesperia [Italy], one of them seeks the seeds of flame.]
Perseus Project A.6.1
References
[edit]- 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. Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.