Aegle

• A nymph, daughter of Jupiter and Neaera: Aegle Naïadum pulcherrima, Verg. E. 6, 21.—
• II One of the Hesperides, daughter of Atlas, Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 484.—
• III A daughter of the Sun, sister of Phaëthon, Hyg. Fab. 154 and 156.

(Αἴγλη).

1. The most beautiful of the Naiads, daughter of Zeus and Neaera (Verg. Ecl. 6.20), by whom Helios begot the Charites. (Paus. 9.35.1.)

2. A sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene. (Hygin. Fab 154, 156.) In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars.

3. One of the Hesperides. (Apollod. 2.5.11; Serv. ad Aen. 4.484; comp. Hesperides.

4. A nymph, daughter of Panopeus, who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne. (Plut. Thes. 20; Athen. 13.557.) [L.S]

(Αἴγλη), one of the daughters of Aesculapius (Plin. Nat. 35.40.31) by Lampetia, the daughter of the Sun, according to Hermippus (apud Schol. in Aristoph. Plut. 701), or by Epione, according to Suidas. (s. v. Ἠπιόνη.) She is said to have derived her name Aegle, " Brightness," or " Splendour," either from the beauty of the human body when in good health, or from the honour paid to the medical profession. (J. H. Meibom. Comment. in Hippocr. " Jusjur." Lugd. Bat. 1643, 4to. 6.7, p. 55.) [W.A.G]

(Αἴγλη). One of the Hesperides (q.v.), and a name given to several of the nymphs.

• Apollod. 2.5.11
• mother of Graces by the Sun: Paus. 9.35.5