Hymen (god)

Hymenaios
God of weddings, reception, and marriage
Member of the Erotes
Hymen depicted on a Roman mosaic, Ostia Antica
Abode	Mount Olympus
Symbol	Bridal torch
Parents	Magnes and Calliope[1] Apollo and Calliope Apollo and Clio Apollo and Terpsichore Apollo and Urania Dionysus and unknown mother[2] Dionysus and Ariadne[3]
Equivalents
Roman equivalent	Talasius

Hymen (Ancient Greek: Ὑμήν), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in Hellenistic religion, is a god of marriage ceremonies who inspires feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry that was sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the Epithalamium, which is sung at the nuptial threshold. He is one of the winged love gods, the Erotes.

Hymen is the son of Apollo and one of the muses, Clio or Calliope or Urania or Terpsichore.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}