Hesperus (disambiguation)

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Hesperus (or Hesperos) was a Greek mythological figure. Hesperus may also refer to:

People

• Hesperos or Wesparos (singular); Hesperioi, Hesperoi or Wesparioi (plural, Ancient Greek: Ἕσπεριοι or Ἕσπεροι; Archaic Greek ϝεσπάριοι) is a name for the Western Locrians^[1]

Places

• Hesperus, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Colorado, US
• Hesperus Ski Area, a ski area near the Colorado town
• Mount Hesperus (Alaska), a mountain in the Revelation Mountains of Alaska
• Hesperus Mountain (Colorado), a mountain in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado

Ships

• Hesperus (clipper ship), traded between England and Adelaide, South Australia
• HMS Hesperus (H57), a destroyer in the Royal Navy

Music

• Hesperus (ensemble), an early-music ensemble

Literature

• Hesperus Press Ltd., a British independent publisher
• Hesperus oder 45 Hundposttage, a 1795 novel by the German Romantic writer Jean Paul

See also

• The Wreck of the Hesperus, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• Esperos, a modern Greek football club.
• Hesperides
• Hesperis or Hesperius
• Hesperium

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