Aigle (nymph)

Aigle ( ancient Greek Αἴγλη Aíglē , German 'shine, rays' ) is one of the naiads in Greek mythology (after Virgil the most beautiful) . According to Pausanias , who quotes the poet Antimachos von Kolophon , she and the sun god Helios are the mother of the Charites , who are generally considered to be the daughters of Zeus and the Eurynomials .

According to the Byzantine lexicon Suda , she is (because of her name) both mother of the Charites and of Helios.

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• Pausania's description of Greece 9.35.5
• Virgil Eclogues 6.20
• Suda , keyword Αἴγλης Χάριτες , eagle number: alphaiota 66 , Suda-Online

Web links

• Georg Knaack : Aigle 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 975.
• Aigle in the Theoi Project