Hesperis (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Hesperis (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίς Hesperís means 'evening') was (according to one account) the daughter of Hesperus, and the mother of the Hesperides by Atlas.

See also: Hesperis

The Roman mythographer Hyginus, in his Fabulae, also mentions an Hesperis among the names of the Horae.

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