Aigle (daughter of Helios)

Aigle ( Greek  Αἴγλη ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

Aigle was one of the daughters of the sun god Helios , the so-called Heliaden . Her mother was either the Oceanid Klymene or Rhode . She and her sisters were transformed into poplars after the death of their brother Phaeton , whom they mourned too much .

literature

• Georg Knaack : Aigle 3) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 975.

Remarks

1. ^ Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 156.
2. ↑ Scholion to Homer , Odyssey 17, 208.
3. ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 154.