Hesperia

"Evening." A Trojan naiad, the daughter of the river god Cebren. She was loved by the Trojan prince Aesacus but fleeing his pursuit she stepped on a venomous snake and died. She is also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη).

Hesperia is also the name the ancient Greeks used for Italy and which the Romans used for Hispania (Spain).

References

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Ovid. Metamorphoses xi, 767.