Hesperia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Hesperia may refer to the following characters and places:

• Hesperia, one of the Hesperides, in some versions (e.g. Pseudo-Apollodorus) the daughter of Hesperus^[1]
• Hesperia, also called Asterope, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of the river Cebren^[2][3]
• Hesperia as "western land" is the ancient Greek name of Italy, also used in Latin epic poetry,^[4] in gender either a feminine noun or a neuter plural adjective used substantively, spelt the same but with different definite articles, and with the accent shifted from the penult to the antepenult.^[5] This becomes Latin Hesperia or Hesperius,^[6][7] the latter not a distinct nominal form, but simply an adjective used substantively, viz. Vergil's Aeneid VI, 6^[8]
• Hesperia, the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa, further to the west, used in both Ancient Greek and Byzantine sources^[4]

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