Aegle (mythology)

Aegle (Ancient Greek: Αἴγλη "brightness" or "dazzling light") is the name of several different figures in Greek mythology:^[1]

Aegle, one of the daughters of Asclepius by Lampetia,^[2] the daughter of the Sun, according to Hermippus.^[3] 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.^[4]
Aegle, the most beautiful of the Naiads,^[5] daughter of Zeus and Neaera,^[6] by whom Helios begot the Charites.^[7]
Aegle, one of the Heliades, a sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene.^[8] In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars.
Aegle, one of the Hesperides.^[9]
Aegle, another name of Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas and lover of Apollo.^[10]
Aegle, was a daughter of Panopeus, the Phocian hero. She was said to be one who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne.^[11]^[12]
Aegle, nurse of Dionysus^[13]

^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 8. ISBN 9780874365818.
^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.40.31
^ Hermippus, in Scholia in Aristophanes, Plutos 701
^ Greenhill, William Alexander (1867), "Aegle (5)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 27, archived from the original on 2007-09-06, retrieved 2007-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Virgil, Eclogues 6.20
^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aegle (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
^ Pausanias, 9.35.1
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 154 & 156
^ Apollodorus, 2.5.11; Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 4.84
^ Isyllus, Hymn to Asclepius 128.37 ff.
^ Plutarch, Theseus 20; Athenaeus, 13, p. 557
^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aegle (1), (2), (3) and (4)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 27, archived from the original on 2007-09-06, retrieved 2007-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Nonnus, 14.221