Aglaia (mythology) explained

Aglaea or Aglaia (; Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαΐα means 'splendor, brilliant, shining one') is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:^[1]

• Aglaea, one of the three Charites.
• Aglaea or Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus.^[2]
• Aglaea, mother of Melampus and Bias by Amythaon.^[3]
• Aglaea, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[4] or by one of his many wives.^[5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[6] Aglaia with her other sisters, except for one,^[7] all laid with the hero in a night,^[8] a week^[9] or for 50 days^[10] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[11] Aglaia bore Heracles a son, Antiades.^[12]
• Aglaea, a nymph who became the mother, by King Charopus of Syme, of Nireus.^{[13] [14]} The latter was second in beauty among Achaeans after Achilles.

Notes

1. Book: Bell, Robert E.. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. 1991. 9780874365818. 15–16.
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Diodorus Siculus]
4. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.222
5. Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
6. Apollodorus, 2.4.9
7. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
8. Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, Orat. IV, Contra Julianum I (Migne S. Gr. 35.661)
9. [Athenaeus]
10. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.224
11. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3
12. Apollodorus, 2.7.8
13. [Homer]
14. Lucian, De Syria Dea 40: only Aglaia was mentioned as the parent

References

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• Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. .
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